Two CNG drivers killed as truck crashes into tea stall in Postogola

Two CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers were killed and another driver was injured after a truck rammed into a roadside tea stall near Postogola Bridge in the capital early Thursday.

The accident occurred around 3am on Wednesday night.

The deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 55, of Rasulপুর in Ajmiriganj upazila of Habiganj, and Jahangir Poddar, 50, of Patuakhali Sadar upazila. The injured driver, Subhash Chandra, 36, is from Matlab upazila of Chandpur.

According to locals, the truck suddenly veered off the road and crashed into a roadside tea stall, completely destroying four to five makeshift shops.

Zakir’s son, Mohammad Mahin Hossain, told the media that his father was having tea at a shop beneath the Postogola Bridge when the truck suddenly ran over him and others present there.

Inspector Mohammad Habibur Rahman, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost, said the bodies had been kept at the hospital morgue.

Kadamtali police are investigating the incident, he added.