, Oct. 4 -- A young man was killed and five other people were injured in a head-on collision between a battery-operated rickshaw and a motorcycle in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Saturday night.

The deceased was identified as Ranjan Barman, 19.

The battery-operated rickshaw was heading towards Thakurgaon district town when it collided with a motorcycle at Garyea around 11:30pm.

The impact threw several passengers from both vehicles onto the road, leaving them severely injured.

Locals rushed the injured to Thakurgaon 250-bed General Hospital, where attending doctors declared Ranjan dead.

One of the injured was later transferred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

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