Two people were killed and another was injured after a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a parked truck in Sirajganj Sadar upazila early Friday.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Ashiq, 35, son of Ali Akter Fakir of Kuthirchar village in Kamarkhanda upazila, and passenger Thakur Halder, 70, son of Gutu Rajbangshi of Kalinja village in Raiganj upazila.
According to relatives and local residents, Thakur Halder and his son Bishnu Halder left home early in the morning carrying a fishing net.
They were travelling to Sirajganj town from Bazar Bhadraghat area of Kamarkhanda upazila by the CNG-run auto-rickshaw.
When the vehicle reached Bahuti Battala on the Sirajganj-Nalka regional highway at around 5:00am, it hit the rear of a truck parked on the roadside. Ashiq and Thakur died on the spot, while Bishnu sustained injuries.
Locals rescued Bishnu and took him to Sirajganj Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Sub-Inspector Shafiqul Islam of Sirajganj Sadar Police Station said the relatives took the bodies home before police reached the accident site.
Ismail Hossain, nephew of the deceased driver Ashiq, said his uncle had left home with the auto-rickshaw in the early hours of the morning.
“At around 6am, we received news that my uncle had been injured in an accident. When we reached the spot, we found him dead,” he said.
