SYLHET: Two people were killed and four others injured as a speeding truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Dakshin Surma upazila of the district Friday afternoon, police said.

The deceased was identified as auto-rickshaw driver Babul Miah, 65, and passenger Anhar Miah, 45, were from Charlapur area of Balaganj upazila in the district, reports UNB. 

Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Moglabazar Police Station under the Dakshin Surma upazila, said the accident happened around 4.30pm when the speeding truck hit the autorickshaw from the opposite direction on Sultanpur-Gaharpur Road in the Battala area, leaving the duo dead on the spot and others injured.