Five killed as truck crushes autorickshaw

Five people, including three of a family, were killed and two others injured in a road traffic accident at Pekua upazila in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

The accident occurred when a CNG-run three-wheeler carrying the victims collided head-on with a dumper truck around 7:30am in the Dhaniakata area on ABC regional road, said Mohammad Sirajul Mostafa, officer-in-charge of Pekua Police Station.

The deceased included Firoz Ahmad, 49, of Madhya Madarsha area of Chattogram's Hathazari upazila; his wife Shaheen Aktar, 29; and their six-month-old child Jahedul Islam.

The others were Monirul Mannan, 22, driver of the three-wheeler and resident of Dhaniyakata area; and another passenger Abdur Rahman, 32, of Sonali Bazar area of the upazila's Ujantia union.