Four people, including three of a family, died and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a rice-laden truck and a CNG-run autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Bogura Highway in Sherpu upazilar of Bogura, around 8 pm on Thursday.
Abul Hashem, in charge of the Sherpur Highway Police Outpost, confirmed the matter.
The deceased were identified as Ariful Islam (32), son of Badiuzzaman of Basail village in Sirajganj, his wife Mousumi Akter (25), their son Saymun Hossain (4), and the autorickshaw driver Md. Nasim (30), son of Parbat Sheikh of Salon village in Tarash upazila, also in Sirajganj.
The injured are Golam Hossain (50), son of Afsar Ali of Chonka village in Sherpur upazila, and Kawsar Ali (23) of Raiganj upazila. They have been admitted to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.
The bodies of the deceased are kept at the Upazila Health Complex and the Highway Police Outpost, said the police official.