Three members of a family were killed and three people injured as a private car collided with a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Dhamrai in Dhaka on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Piara Begum, 45, wife of Nasir Uddin Khan and their two sons -- Nasib Khan, 20 and Chhoton Khan, 18.
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Chhotan Khan's cousin Hridoy and Shamimuzzaman Shamim, a UP member of Ward 4 of Bhararia Union, said the accident occurred at around 8.30 pm, leaving six people injured.
Locals rescued the seriously injured passengers of the autorickshaw and took them to Dhamrai Upazila Health Complex.
Chhoton Khan was decaled dead at the health complex while Piara Begum and her other another son Nasib Khan died while were being taken to Dhaka for better treatment.
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Dhamrai Police Station Officer-in-Charge Atiqur Rahman said, they collected CCTV footage of the of the accident and the victims’ family is preparing to file a case.
“We hope it will be possible to arrest the private car driver and seize the vehicle,” he said.