Three killed as truck rams auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur

Three passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed after a speeding truck rammed it from behind in Melandaha upazila of Jamalpur on Saturday morning.

The accident occurred around 10:30am in the Baithakhali area on the Jamalpur-Dewanganj regional highway.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

According to police and local sources, the auto-rickshaw was heading towards Jamalpur town when a speeding truck, also travelling towards Jamalpur, hit it from behind. The impact left the auto-rickshaw mangled and killed three of its passengers.

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Melandaha Police Station Officer-in-Charge ATM Mahmudul Haque confirmed the deaths.