Gazipur, March 23 -- Two people were killed and several injured as a speeding truck crashed into a battery-run three wheeler on Tongi-Kaliganj regional road in Gazipur city on Sunday morning.

The deceased were three-wheeler driver Hanif Mia, 35, and passenger Sahed Sabbir, 25, were residents of Hydarbad and Majukhan villages respectively.

Witnesses said the Dhaka-bound truck collided with the three-wheeler in Nimtali area in the morning, leaving the duo dead on the spot and some others injured.

One killed in road accident in the capital

Pubail police station's Officer-in-Charge Md Amirul Islam said being informed they rescued the injured and sent them to Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital.

The truck was seized but its driver...