PANCHAGAR: Six people including two women and a child were killed and another injured in a road accident in Charmile area under Sadar Upazila of the district Friday morning.

One of the deceased was identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 35, auto-rickshaw driver, while details of other deceased and the injured were not immediately available.

Sadar Thana Officer-In-Charge (OC) Mominul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.

Mominul said that the accident took place when a speedy truck ran over a Panchagarh-bound battery-run auto-rickshaw on Panchagarh-Tentulia road in the area around 10:30am, leaving six people dead on spot and injured another critically.

The injured was admitted at the district’s Sadar Hospital.

The bodies have been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.

No detention was made as both driver and helper of the truck managed to escape the scene, added the OC.

BDST: 1122 HRS, MAY 22, 2015/UPDATE: 1315 HRS
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