, Nov. 7 -- Four people including three members of a family were killed when a truck rammed an auto-rickshaw on Jamalpur-Dewanganj road at Burunga in Melandaha upazila of Jamalpur district on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Morshed Alam, 25, his wife Ikrama, 20 and their eight-month-old daughter Rifa of Islampur upazila and Likhon 45, son of Barkatullah of Melandaha upazila.

The accident occurred around 10 am when the Jamalpur-bound truck from Shimultoli hit the auto-rickshaw, leaving three people dead on the spot and two others injured, said ATM Mahmudul Haque, Officer-in-Charge of Melandaha Police Station.

The injured were taken to Melandaha Upazila Health complex from there they were shifted to Mymensingh Medical College a...