Three individuals, including a CNG-run autorickshaw driver, were killed and another injured after a passenger bus rammed the vehicle on the Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway in Sirajganj’s Solonga area on Tuesday evening.
The incident occurred on the Charia Kandipara Bridge adjacent to the RAB-12 office under Solonga Police Station.
Two of the deceased were identified as CNG driver Sorman Hossain, 35, of Sharif Solonga village and carpenter Gobinda Sutradhar, 40, son of late Harendra Nath Sutradhar of Angaru village in the same area. The identity of another deceased person could not be known immediately.
According to police, a Rajshahi-bound passenger bus from Dhaka hit the CNG-run autorickshaw from behind when it reached the Charia Kandipara Bridge area.
The autorickshaw was crushed in the collision, leaving three people dead on the spot, including the driver.
The bus driver fled the scene immediately after the accident.
Being informed, fire service personnel rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.
Hatikumrul Highway Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Ismail Hossain confirmed the incident.
The injured person was sent to hospital for treatment, while police seized the damaged CNG-run autorickshaw, added the official.
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