C T Online Desk: Four people have been killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a sand-laden truck on Patiya-Boalkhali road in Patiya upazila of Chittagong late on Thursday.
Three of the deceased were Rumi Akthtar, 30, her son Fahim, 5, and autorickshaw driver Anowar Hossain, 40.
Patiya police station Officer-in-Charge Jasim Uddin said the collision occurred at around 11:30pm when the speeding truck crashed into the autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction in front of a paper manufacturing mill, leaving three dead on the spot.
Another succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital, he said, adding that all the victims were in the autorickshaw.
One more person was injured in the accident and he was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, said Patiya fire service official Saiful Islam who was engaged in rescuing the victims.
