<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Five people, including a five-year old minor girl and a woman, were killed in a road accident at Soreyartal point on Rangpur-Pirgachha road under Mahiganj Police Station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) in the city.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The deceased were identified as driver of the auto-rickshaw Raja Miah, 50, and its passengers Foyzar Rahman, 65, Chari Paul, 45, Zannatul Mawa, 5, and a woman. Identity of the deceased woman could not be known till the filing of this report at 4:45 pm.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>All victims were hailing from different villages of nearby Pirgachha upazila of the district.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;“The accident occurred when a truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw in the area around 1:15 pm, leaving two persons dead on the spot and injuring five others,” Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mahiganj Police Station Mostafizur Rahman told journalists this afternoon.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Police with assistance of local people rescued the wounded and rushed them to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RpMCH) where three more succumbed to their injuries between 2:30 pm and 4 pm today.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;“We have seized the killer truck and arrested its driver and helper from the area,” the OC said, adding that the process of filing a case in this connection with Mahiganj Police Station was in progress. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>