Four people were killed and five others injured as a truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Laudia village in Jhenidah’s Sadar upazila today.

The deceased were identified as Mahbub Hossain, 40, of Laudia village, Hazrea Khatun, 23, and Aslam Hossain, 33, of Bashundia village in Jashore upazila and another unknown person aged 35, reports our local correspondent.

The accident took place when a goods-laden truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Laudia village around 2:00pm, leaving four passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead and five injured, said Emdadul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.

The injured people were taken to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital for treatment, the OC added.

The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy.