Two people were killed after an autorickshaw ploughed into the back of a parked truck in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.
The dead have been identified as 50-year-old Md Polash, the autorickshaw driver, and 42-year-old Md Momin, a passenger on the three-wheeler, reports bdnews24.com.
The accident, which took place near Dania College at 5 am on Friday, left two other autorickshaw passengers injured, one of whom is in critical condition, according to ASI Md Ershad Ali of Jatrabari Police Station.
ASI Ershad said the autorickshaw was left in a mangled heap after the collision and the vehicle had to be cut open to rescue those inside it.
The four victims were subsequently rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared two of them, Ershad added.