At least three persons were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a Teknaf-bound a truck and a cox’s Bazar-bound auto-rickshaw in Bharabridge area of Ramu upazila in Cox's Bazar on Friday.
One of the deceased is identified as auto-rickshaw driver Badiul Alam, police said. Ramu Police Station officer-in-charge Anwarul Hossain said that the accident took place at about 7:00am on Shahid ATM Zafar Alam Road in Bharabridge area.
He said that the two died on the spot after the truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw.
One of the injured succumbed to the injuries on his way to hospital, he said. The OC said that the two other injured were receiving treatment at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
He said that they were trying to identify the remaining two other deceased.
