Four killed in road crash

Four passengers died yesterday when a covered-van collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila.

The deceased are Mursheda Begum (50), Dudu Mia (60), Md Farid, and Hosne Ara Begum, confirmed OC Shahjalal Alam of Khantihata Highway Police Station.

A Sylhet-bound covered-van collided head-on with the auto-rickshaw around 6:45am, leaving two people dead. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. Two of them died on the way.

Both vehicles were seized. However, drivers managed to flee, he added.