Bogra: A couple was killed and six others were injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Jamunapara on Dhaka-Bogra highway under Sherpur upazila of Bogra on Sunday, reports BSS

The deceased are Thandu Miah, 42, son of Nawser Sarker, a resident of Kusumbi village of the upazila and his wife Anjila Begum, 35.

The accident occurred when a sand-laden truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw in the area, leaving the couple dead on the spot and six others injured, said ASI Arif Hossain of Sherpur police station.

The injured were sent to Saheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.