Gazipur Correspondent: Three passengers in an autorickshaw were killed when a truck loaded with cement ran over it in Kaliakore, Gazipur. Two more people were reported injured in the incident.
The accident took place in the hail filling station area of the Dhaka-Tangail highway around 6:30 a.m. on Monday, February 19. The names of the victims were not immediately known.
The deceased are Zahidul Islam, son of Abbas Ali of Talabah village in Kaliakair upazila; Mobzel, son of Yakub Munsi of the same village; and Shaukat Ali, son of deceased Hasan Ali of Bauman village. Abbas Ali and Ramzan, who were injured in the truck crush, were sent to Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital in neighboring Tangail for treatment.
Shahadat Hossain, OC of Naojor Highway Police, confirmed this information.
