Tangail: Four people were killed and five others were injured as a cement-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Wednesday morning.

Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured were taken to Tangail Medical College Hospital.

The Bangabandhu Bridge (East) police Officer-in-charge Asabur Rahman said a Sirajganj-bound cement-laden truck from Narayanganj plunged into a ditch when the driver lost control over the steering near Jokarchar area of Kalihati upazila and left four killed on the spot.

Police and Tangail fire fighters conducted rescue operation on the spot.