DHAKA: Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Shahjadpur Upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.

Of the deceased, one was identified as Sunil Halder, 60.

Witnesses said a speedy truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Karadah area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway around 6:30am, leaving three people dead and two others injured.

Shahjadpur Thana Officer-in-Charge Shahbuddin Khalifa confirmed the matter to banglanews.

He said that all the dead and injured were passengers of the auto-rickshaw. Police seized the truck.

BDST: 0845 HRS, APR 22, 2015
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