One person has been killed in a collision between a private car and a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Ghatail, Tangail. At least three others were injured.
The accident happened at around 11am on Friday (30 October) in front of the central mosque next to Deulabari bus station on the Tangail-Mymensingh highway.
The identities of the dead and injured could not be known immediately.
Police and witnesses said a battery-run auto-rickshaw loaded with pineapples was heading from Madhupur towards Ghatail when it collided with a private car coming from Ghatail. The auto-rickshaw’s driver and three passengers were injured, and one person died on the spot. The injured were taken to Madhupur hospital.
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, an official at Ghatail fire station, said: “We rushed to the scene on being informed and found one person dead. Local people sent the three injured to hospital.”
Ghatail police station OC Moksedur Rahman said: “Police went to the scene on being informed, recovered the body and brought it to the station. Action will be taken in line with the law. The body is in police custody and will be handed over to the family after the necessary formalities.”
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