Two people were killed and six others injured in a collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a minibus in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Abas Miah, 65, a resident of Brahmanpara under Sadar upazila and passenger Madhu Miah, 60, of the same area.
The injured are Madhu Miah’s daughters Sumi Begum, 40, Meghna Begum, 42, granddaughters Mim Akhter, 18, Suma Begum, 12, Faiza, 3, and grandson Fahim, 12.
Quoting locals, Moulvibazar Model Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge KM Nazrul said the accident happened around 2:45 pm when the speeding minibus knocked the autorickshaw from the opposite direction in Durlavpur area, leaving the two dead on the spot and six others critically injured.
Four of the injured were sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital while the rest were undergoing treatment at Moulvibazar 250-bed hospital, he said.
All victims except the auto driver were members of a family and they were going to a relative’s house, he added.
