At least three persons were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Bogura-Nagarbari Highway in the Hailaghati area of Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj early Friday.
The deceased were identified as Sakib, 19, son of Ajgar Ali, Rashedul, 25, son of Abul Kalam Azad, and Ashik, 22, son of Amjad Hossain.
Officer-in-Charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, Shahjahan Ali said that the Nagarbari-bound truck hit the auto-rickshaw in the Hailaghati area after its driver lost control of the vehicle, killing the trio on the spot.
Police have seized the truck, but its driver and his assistant managed to flee, he said.
A case will be lodged at the police station, he added.
