Two auto-rickshaw drivers were killed and another was injured when a truck crashed into a roadside tea stall under the Postogola Bridge in the capital on early Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Jakir Hossain, 55, from Habiganj, and Jahangir Poddar, 50, from Patuakhali. Both of them were auto-rickshaw drivers.
The injured, CNG auto-rickshaw driver Subhash Chandra, 36, is from Chandpur. The incident occurred around 3am.
According to Md Mahin Hossain, son of Jakir, his father was having tea with several others at the stall when the truck ploughed through them, demolishing four to five roadside stalls.
Fire Service personnel and local residents rescued the victims and rushed them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared two dead on arrival.
Inspector Md Habibur Rahman, in-charge of the DMCH Police Camp, said the bodies had been kept in the hospital morgue for autopsies.
He added that Kadamtali Police Station was investigating the incident.
