Truck-auto rickshaw collision leaves 2 dead in Jessore

Two people were killed as a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday

The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Nuru Baksh, 45, and passenger Rakibul Islam Rakib, 18.

As the Navaron-bound auto rickshaw reached Nilkanta around 11am a truck coming from the opposite direction hit it, leaving Nuru and Rakib severely injured, said Officer-in-Charge of Navaron highway police outpost Asaduzzaman Asad.

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Both succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital, said the OC.

The truck has been seized but its driver and his assistant are on the run.

A case has been filed in this regard and efforts are on to arrest the driver and his assistant, he said.