Staff Reporter :
At least five people, including a woman and a child, were killed and another was injured after a covered van ran over a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur on Saturday night.
The accident occurred in the area adjacent to Mulgaon Darul Ulum Dhakhil Madrasa on the Kaliganj-Tongi-Ghorasal bypass road around 11pm.
The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Ali, 55, and his son Aman Ullah, 5, and Rabeya Begum, 70, of Shibpur in Narsingdi; Amal Kumar Karmakar, 39, of Ashtagana Colony in Noagaon of Gazipur city; and Nazmul, 35, of Hajipur of Satkhira Sadar upazila.
All the deceased were the passengers of the auto-rickshaw.
According to locals, a covered van rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the area adjacent to Mulgaon Darul Ulum Dhakhil Madrasa on the Kaliganj-Tongi-Ghorasal bypass road in the upazila around 11pm, leaving four passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot and two others, including a child, critically injured.
The injured were rushed to the Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex where duty doctor declared the child dead.
Mostafizur Rahman of Kaliganj Fire Service said that four bodies, including a woman, were recovered from the spot and a child was declared dead after he was rushed to a hospital by locals.
Rezina Afrin, duty doctor at the Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex, said the child was brought dead around 11:30 pm. Another critically injured auto-rickshaw driver was referred to Dhaka for better treatment after providing primary treatment.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kaliganj police station Md Alauddin said the bodies were taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
He informed that a process was underway to take legal actions in this regard.