Bangladesh
Road Accident Truck accident kills three in Gazipur
Dhaka, December 16: Three passengers of an autorickshaw, including the driver, were killed when a truck overturned in Gazipur. However, the identities of the deceased were not immediately known.
The accident took place on the Dhaka-Bypass road in Bhogra area of the metropolis on Tuesday (December 15) evening.
Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Metropolitan Basan Police Station, said the autorickshaw was heading in the opposite direction at the Bhogra bypass. At that time a truck going to Tangail crushed the autorickshaw. Three passengers of the autorickshaw, including the driver, were crushed to death on the spot.
Police seized the truck along with the driver after the accident but the helper escaped.
