3 killed as truck hits autorickshaw, motorcycle

Three passengers of an autorickshaw were killed and two motorcyclists sustained severe injuries when a speed-laden truck rammed into both vehicles in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur district on Saturday morning (November 7).

The accident occurred at around 10:00AM on the Jamalpur-Dewanganj regional highway in the Burunga area under Melandah Upazila.

Confirming the incident, Melandah Police Station OC A.T.M. Mahmudul Haq stated that the driver of the truck involved in the crash has been detained and the vehicle seized.

According to local sources, the passenger-carrying autorickshaw was heading towards Jamalpur from Shimultoli when a motorcycle was approaching from the opposite direction. A truck coming from behind the motorcycle first struck the two-wheeler before crashing head-on into the autorickshaw.

The collision left three autorickshaw passengers dead on the spot and critically injured two motorcycle riders.

Emergency responders rescued the injured and rushed them to a local hospital, from where attending doctors referred them to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment. The identities of the deceased and injured could not immediately be confirmed.

OC Mahmudul Haq added that the bodies have been recovered and brought to the police station, with legal procedures currently underway.

-EM