4 killed as pick-up van hits auto-rickshaw in Feni

Four people were killed and three others injured as a pick-up van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni this afternoon.

Three of the deceased were identified as -- Bibi Hazera of Chhagalnaiya, Arif of Jorarganj under Chattogram's Mirsarai upazila, Nurul Islam of Shakhipur in Tangail district.

Police and witnesses said the victims hired the auto-rickshaw from Jorarganj for going to Chhagalnaiya when the pick-up van rammed the vehicle in Baliapul area around 12pm.

Four passengers of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot, police said. 

Three injured were rushed to Feni General Hospital, said the hospital's resident officer Md Iqbal Hossain.

Confirming the accident, Officer-in-Charge of Chhagalnaiya Police Station Md Shahidul Islam said the bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy.