5 killed as pickup hits auto-rickshaw in Rangamati

Five people were killed and another was injured after a pickup van collided with a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw at Rubber Garden area in Kawkhali Upazilla of Rangamati district on Saturday (April 26).

The injured was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

The accident took place around 10 AM on the Rangamati-Chattogram road at Betbunia union in the upazila.

All the deceased were the passengers of the auto-rickshaw. Among the deceased, three were identified immediately and they are Torap, a resident of Raozan upazila in Chattogram, Nur Nahar, a resident of Kawkhali upazila in Rangamati and Mahmudur Rahmand, a resident of Hathazari upazila in Chattogram.

Kaukhali Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Saiful Islam Sohag said, “The bodies were sent to Rangamati Sadar Hospital morgue.”

Legal action will be taken in this regard, he added.