Five people were killed and two others injured when a speeding truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Cumilla-Sylhet regional highway in the early hours of Friday.

The deceased were identified as auto driver Julhas Mia, 60, and passengers -- JJahirul Islam, 36, and Jalal Ahmed, 37, , Saiful Islam,33, from Burichang upazila and Alamgir Hossain,37 from Debidwar upazila in Cumilla.

The injured truck driver and his assistant are currently being treated at Moynamoti Cantonment General Hospital.

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The accident occurred when the speeding truck hit the Cumilla-bound auto-rickshaw from behind near the Tutbagan area around 7 am, leaving all the occupants of the light vehicle dead on the spot, said Belal Uddin Jahangir, officer-in-charge of Moynamoti Highway police station.

The bodies have been recovered from the spot and both the vehicles were seized, he added.

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