Five people were killed and two others injured as a covered van crushed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Daudkandi upazila in the district this morning.
The deceased were identified as Pijush Mondol, 28, hailed from Kalaghona Dakshin Nagar village in the Upazila, Jahanara Begum, 35, Shafiullah, 24, Monir, 35 and Ismail, 38.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Daudkandi Thana Md Mozammel Haque said the accident occurred around 9 am in Mahananda area on Goirupur-Kachua Road.
Four people died on the spot while another one declared dead at Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex, he added.
The injured were shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.
The bodies were kept at Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex morgue for post- mortem, the OC said, adding: “Police seized the two vehicles from the spot.”
