Five people were killed and five others injured in a tragic road accident at Nengtichhira under Taraganj upazila of Rangpur on Monday evening.
The deceased were identified as Sahir Uddin, 40, son of Jainuddin Khora, Khademul Islam, 38, Suknal Barman, 52, Azanur Rahman, 45, and Habibullah 45.
The injured were admitted to the hospital.
Eyewitnesses said a truck lost its control over the steering and hit an ambulance and the ambulance hit an auto-rickshaw at Nengtichhira, leaving five passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot and injured five others.
Confirming the matter, Sheikh Md Mahbub Morshed, officer-in-charge of Taraganj Highway Police said police have recovered the bodies from the spot and sent the injured to the hospital.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul