Four people have been killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a sand-laden truck on Patiya-Boalkhali Regional Road in Patiya in Chattogram, police said.
The accident occurred on Thursday.
Three of the deceased were identified as Rumi Akthtar, 30, her son Fahim, 5, of Junglakhaine area under Patiya upazila of the district and autorickshaw driver Anowar Hossain, 40, a resident hailing from Boalkhali upazila of the same district.
Confirming the matter, Patiya police station’s Officer-in-Charge Jasim Uddin said on Friday the collision occurred around 11:30pm on Thursday when the speeding truck crashed into the autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction in front of a paper manufacturing mill in the Dakshin end of Military Pool, leaving three dead on the spot.
Another succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital, he said, adding that all the victims were passengers and driver of the autorickshaw.
One more person was injured in the accident and he was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, said Patiya Fire Service and Civil Defence’s Official Saiful Islam who was engaged in rescue of the victims.
