Sylhet, Feb 15 (UNB)-Two people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a tractor and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Thursday evening.
Deceased Nazrul Islam, 50, and Jasir Uddin, 65, were residents of Korni and Lengura villages respectively of the upazila.
Five of the injured are Alim Uddin, 40, Rahmatullah, 30, his son Raihan, 10, Jasim Uddin, 28, and Marjahan Ahmad, 30.
Locals said some people were returning to Upazila sadar from a waz mahfil (religious gathering) from Laughut area by the autorickshaw.
The accident happened around 6:30 pm when the tractor crashed into the autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction in Purnanagar area, leaving nine people including the autorickshaw driver injured.
Of them, Nazrul breathed his last on the way to a hospital while Jasir succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment, they said.
Gowainghat police station Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter saying that legal actions would be taken in this regard.
The injured were undergoing treatment at several hospitals, he added.