Two people were killed and as many were injured as a CNG-run autorickshaw crashed into a truck in the capital's Jatrabari area early on Friday, police said.
The deceased were autorickshaw driver Momin Mia, 37, of Narayanganj, and passenger Palash, 50, a fish trader from Munshiganj.
The injured are fish traders Shah Ali, 36, and Sumon, 40.
Salman Rahman, sub-inspector (SI) of Jatrabari police station, said the accident occurred around 4am. "The autorickshaw crashed into the truck on its way to the Jatrabari wholesale fish market when the truck driver suddenly stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road in front of Dania College, leaving four occupants of the autorickshaw critically injured."
The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where Momin and Palash were declared dead, he added.
The police failed to seize the truck, the SI said.
