Two people were killed and two others injured in a collision involving a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, a private car and a pickup on the Chandpur-Cumilla regional highway in Chandpur Sadar upazila on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Mohor Ali, 60, son of late Omar Ali of Fatehpur village in Kachua upazila, and auto-rickshaw driver Kabir Mal, 40. All the victims were occupants of the auto-rickshaw, police said.
According to locals, the auto-rickshaw was carrying passengers from Chandpur towards Hajiganj when a private car travelling ahead braked abruptly in the Mahamaya area in front of Mandari Kamal Miji Bari in the afternoon.
The auto-rickshaw crashed into the rear of the car, lost control and veered into the path of an oncoming pickup, resulting in another collision.
The four occupants of the auto-rickshaw, including its driver, were thrown onto the road and sustained serious injuries.
Locals rescued them and rushed them to the 250-bed Chandpur Sadar Hospital, where an on-duty doctor declared Mohor Ali dead.
Critically injured driver Kabir died on the way to Dhaka while being taken there for better treatment.
The other two injured people received treatment at the hospital.
Police seized the vehicles involved in the accident.