4 killed as truck hits three-wheeler in Kishoreganj

Four people were killed as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj this morning.

The victims were identified as driver of the three-wheeler Sharif Mia, 35, local shoe trader Khokon Mia, 28, Ohid Mia, 38, and Rajia Khatun, 75, our Mymensingh correspondent reports quoting Zakir Hossain, sub-inspector (SI) of Pakundia Police Station.

The truck hit the auto-rickshaw on Motkhola-Katiadi Road in Madarkandi area of the upazila around 8:30am leaving Sharif and Khokon dead on the spot, the official said.

Rajia and Ohid succumbed to their injuries on their way to the hospital, he said.

Police arrested truck driver Bacchu Mia soon after the accident, the SI added.