CHITTAGONG, Aug 4: Two persons were killed and three others injured in a collision between a covered van and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Highway in Santirhat area of Patiya upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as M Mokter, 22 and M Noyon, 13, hailed from the same upazila.
Police said the accident took place when the covered van crashed into the auto-rickshaw around 1:30 pm, leaving five people injured.
The injured were rushed to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared two of them dead, said Nayek Mohammad Hamid of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital outpost.