, Aug. 28 -- Two people were killed and another person was injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a stationary truck on the roadside in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj early Friday.

The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Ashiq, 35, son of Ali Akter Fakir of Kuthirchar village in Kamarkhanda upazila, and passenger Thakur Halder, 70, son of Gutu Rajbangshi of Kalinja village in Raiganj upazila.

Relatives and locals said Thakur Halder and his son Bishnu Halder left home early in the morning with a fishing net.

They were travelling towards Sirajganj town from Bazar Bhadraghat in Kamarkhanda upazila in the auto-rickshaw.

When the vehicle reached Bahuti Battala on the Sirajganj-Nalka regional highway, it crashed into the...