Five including auto-rickshaw driver crushed under truck
Five people, including the
driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, were killed and two others injured when a
drum truck hit the auto-rickshaw on Cumilla-Brahmanbaria regional highway in
Burichang upazila of Cumilla.
The incident took place at
8:10am on Friday in Sindhuriapara Tutbagan area of Mainamati union of the
upazila.
The deceased were the
auto-rickshaw driver Julhas Mia, 60, Zahirul Islam, 35, and Jalal Uddin, 38, of
Burichang upazila, and Saiful Islam, 33, and Alamgir Hossain, 28, of Debidwar
upazila.
The three-wheeler
transported passengers on the highway violating rules that bar movement of
three-wheelers on the highway.
Mainamati Highway Police
officer-in-charge Belal Uddin Jahangir said an auto-rickshaw on the Cumilla-Brahmanbaria
regional highway was heading towards Mainamati cantonment area at 8:10am. The
auto-rickshaw was first hit and then crushed by a drum truck from the rear in
Sindhuriapara area of Burichang upazila leaving, five people dead on the
spot.
He also said that two
people were injured in the incident.
They have been admitted to
the hospital and truck was also seized. The body has been taken to the police
station, he added.
OC Belal Uddin further said
CNG-run auto-rickshaws are not allowed on the highway.