Three people were killed when a stolen truck hit them at Madhabpur in Habiganj on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Mofizul Mia, 30, Amsu Mia, 28 and Samad Mia, 45. They died on the way to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
According to Shayestaganj Highway police station, a truck crushed a battery-powered rickshaw on Madhabpur Fire Service Road on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 7:15am and critically injured the three.
Shayestaganj Highway police station OC Mohammad Mainul Islam said a truck was reportedly stolen from Mirzapur in Tangail on Friday night. The number plate of the stolen truck matched with the truck involved in the accident on Saturday morning.
The owner of the truck, Mohammad Momin Miah, was contacted and he informed the police that the truck was stolen from Sun Brix Field in Mirzapur around 9pm on Friday.