Two people were killed and three others injured after a truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur last night.

The victims are Narayan Chandra Saha, 54, of Barnagar village, and Madhu Saha, 55, of Silahati village of the upazila, said police.

The incident took place in front of Kankhardhi Madrasa on the Majkandi-Bhatiapara regional highway around 11:00pm.

Police and locals said a timber-laden truck heading towards Faridpur crashed into the auto-rickshaw coming from Kadiradi Bazar towards Satair Bazar, leaving the two dead on the spot and three others injured.

Mohammad Robiul Alam, chairman of Satair Union Parishad, said both of the deceased were traders at Satair Bazar - Narayan ran a grocery shop while Madhu owned a cosmetics store.

Mohammad Nazmul Hasan, health and family planning officer of Boalmari upazila, said the injured are undergoing treatment at Boalmari Upazila Health Complex.

Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan, officer-in-charge of Boalmari Police Station, said the truck and auto-rickshaw were seized, but the truck truck driver fled the scene.

Legal actions will be taken after investigation, he added.

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