Two people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a mini-truck in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning.
The incident took place around 10am in Keruntoli area on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway.
The deceased were auto-rickshaw driver Enayet Ullah, 27, and Sajib Ali, 25.
Three of the injured were identified as Helal Uddin, Rujina Akhtar and Anowara Begum. The identity of the fourth injured person could not immediately be confirmed.
Hwaykyang Highway Police Station Inspector Md Nurul Absar said the auto-rickshaw, heading towards Hwaykyang, collided head-on with an oncoming mini-truck.
Enayet died on the spot, while five passengers were critically injured.
One of them was later declared dead at Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital.
Police seized both vehicles and detained the mini-truck driver, Saiful Islam, 21.
Enayet’s body was sent to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital for an autopsy after being kept at Tajman Hospital in Ukhiya. Sajib’s body is at the morgue of Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital.
