Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Five people, including three women, have been killed in a collision between a gas tanker and an autorickshaw in Kushtia Sadar.

The accident occurred around 2:30pm on Saturday on the town's Bypass Road, according to Abu Obayed, chief of Chourhash Highway Police Station.

The identities of the victims could not be immediately confirmed, but they include passengers on the autorickshaw and the vehicle's driver.

Kushtia Fire Service official Ardesh Ali said the autorickshaw was heading toward Jhenaidah from Kaburgat via the bypass.

The tanker, on the other hand, was transporting liquid gas from Khulna to Pabna's Ishwardi.

The two vehicles collided head-on in front of a filling station, leaving the autorickshaw completely ...