At least four people were killed and another injured in a road accident at Mirzapur area of Sherpur Sadar upazila on Sunday.
The accident took in the morning after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in the area. One of the deceased was identified as Selim Miai, son of late Tayeb Ali from Nalitabari of the district. Identities of others injured could not be known immediately.
Sub-inspector of of Sherpur Sadar police station Khokon Chandra Sarkar confirmed the matter.
The SI said that the truck hit the auto-rickshaw at the area at 9:30am, leaving the four passengers of the vehicle dead on the spot and three others injured. The injured were taken to a local hospital, he said. The truck was seized but the driver managed to flee scene, the SI added.