Five people, including a father and his five-year-old son, were killed after a covered van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur on Saturday night.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ali, 55, and his son Aman Ullah, 5, and Rabeya Begum, 70, of Shibpur in Narsingdi; Amal Kumar Karmakar, 39, of Ashtagana Colony in Noagaon of Gazipur city; and Nazmul, 35, of Hajipur of Satkhira Sadar upazila.

Kaliganj Police Station's duty officer Sub-inspector Majed Mia confirmed the matter.

The accident took place in front of Deopara Pran RFL Filling Station in Kaliganj municipality area on Tongi-Ghorasal bypass road around 11:00pm, he added.

BDST: 0919 HRS, SEPT 15, 2024
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