Four people were killed and three others injured when a covered van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at the Sohagpur bus stand in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Sohel Mia, 27, son of Farid Mia, Jilani, 8, son of Nazmul Mia, Askar Mia, 60 and Ujjal, son of Rashid Mia of Kishoreganj district.
Akul Chandra Biswas, officer-in-charge of Khatihata Highway Police, said the accident occurred in the afternoon when the covered van hit the stationary CNG-run auto-rickshaw at the Shohagpur bus stand, leaving its three passengers dead on the spot and four others injured.
Of the injured, another victim died on the way to Sadar Hospital.
The injured were sent to Dhaka for better treatment.
