2 killed in pickup van-auto-rickshaw collision

Two people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a pickup van and an auto-rickshaw at Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj district on Friday morning.

The deceased were identified as Kajli Begum, 60, and Saleha Khatun, 40, residents of Parkola Guchchhagram village in the upazila.

Hatikumrul Police Station officer in-charge Mohammad Nurun Nabi Prodhan said the auto-rickshaw collided with the pickup van in Parkola area at about 6:00am, leaving two passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot and others injured.

The injured were admitted to Shahzadpur Upazila Health Complex, he added.

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