Two men were killed and three others injured when their auto-rickshaw crashed into a truck parked along the Tangail-Mymensingh highway in Ghatail upazila of Tangail early on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Shahjahan Ali, 65, from Kastala village, and Nepal Chandra Saha, 62, from the Hamidpur Saha Para area, said Azharul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ghatail police station.
All the victims were occupants of the auto-rickshaw.
The injured – auto driver Ratan, 23, and passengers, Maruf, 20, and four-year-old Tahira – are undergoing treatment at Tangail General Hospital, he said.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday near the Najunbagh area of the upazila when the victims were returning from a wedding at Ghatail Sadar Union, said OC Azharul.
The bodies have been handed over to the families following legal procedures and the vehicles were recovered by police, he said.