Five people, including two couples, were killed as a truck loaded with sand crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh's Trishal Sunday, police said.

The five people killed were identified as Nizam Uddin, 45, and his wife Hosna Begum of Rajibpur union, auto-rickshaw driver Anwar, 36, of Uchakhila union of Ishwarganj upazila; Zakir Hossain, 32, and his wife Khairunnessa, 26, of Radhakanai union of Fulbaria upazila, Mymensingh.

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The accident occurred at 7:45pm on the Trishal-Balipara-Kanurampur road as the truck rammed into the auto-rickshaw, said Main Uddin, officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station, said.

"All passengers of the auto-rickshaw and its driver immediately died from the impact of the crash. We managed to seize the driver and detain its driver," he added.