Brahmanbaria, May 25 (UNB)— Three people were killed and two others were injured after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in Bijoynagar upazila on Saturday noon.
The deceased were identified as Shanta Roy Chowdhury, 30, Abu Taher, 60, and Billal Uddin, 40.
Billal died on the spot and four others were critically wounded as the two vehicles rammed into each other on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway.
The injured were taken to the Sadar hospital where doctors pronounced Shanta and Taher dead, said Md Hossain Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Khatihata Highway Police.