4 killed in Chattogram road accident

Four people were killed in a road accident on Chattogram-Kaptai highway in Raozan upazila of Chattogram early today.
The accident occurred when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was hit by a sand-laden truck coming from the opposite direction around 2:30am, reports our correspondent quoting Md Anwar Hosen Shamim, additional superintendent of Chattogram police.
The deceased are identified as Shah Alam, Kamrul Islam, Md Idris, and Md Siraj, the official confirmed.
All of the deceased were passengers of the auto-rickshaw, he added.
Vehicular movement between Chattogram and Kaptai was halted due to the accident for about two hours, witnesses said.
The truck was seized from the spot, the police official said, adding that the driver managed to flee.
A case was being filed in this connection, he added.