Five people were killed and two others injured as a truck smashed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Friday morning.
Of the deceased, four were identified as CNG driver Julhas Miah, 60, and the passengers of the auto-rickshaw Zahirul Islam, 35, Mohammad Jalal, 40, and Saiful Islam, 33.
Police said a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Cumilla-Syleth highway at Tutbagan area around 7:00am, leaving five people dead on the spot and two others injured.
The injued were admitted to Mainamati General Hospital, said Mainamati Highway Police Station officer in-charge Belal Uddin Jahangir.
