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4 die in Naogaon road crash

Onlookers stand in front of a smashed CNG- run auto-rickshaw as a truck collided head-on with it coming from the opposite direction near Chakgouri Hat Bazar under Mahadevpur upazila in Naogaon on Monday leaving four people dead. NN photo

UNB :
Four passenger of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed when a truck rammed into it on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway at Bagchara in Mahadebpur upazila of Naogaon district on Monday.
Three of the deceased were identified as Pappu Sardar, 45, son of Gazi Sardar of Sadar upazila in Naogaon district, Nazmul Haque, 22, son of Abdus Salam, Tanvir Rahman, son of Jabbar Chowdhury of Sirajganj district while the identity of another could not be known immediately.

Mozaffar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mahadebpur Police Station, said the accident occurred around 1 pm when the speedy truck hit the CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving four people dead on the spot and another injured.
The CNG-run auto-rickshaw got twisted following the accident. Injured Rakibul Hasan, hailing from Sirajganj, was taken to Sadar hospital.
On information, fire service men rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.
Police seized the truck but could not arrest its driver. However, efforts are on to arrest the driver of the truck, said the OC.