TANGAIL, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS) - A kindergarten teacher was killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Rasulpur area under Sadar upazila of the district today.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Alim, 50,  son of Abdul Quddus, resident of Rajapur Char area under ??Gabsara union in Bhuapur upazila of the district.

He used to live in Ghantandi area under Bhuapur Municipality and was the teacher and director of Probhati Kindergarten School.

The accident occurred in the area when he was going to work in Bhuapur from Tangail by a CNG-run auto rickshaw in the morning. On the way, it collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction around 8:30am this morning, leaving him dead on the spot and two others injured, officer-in-charge (OC) of Elenga Highway Police Station Nannu Khan said.

The injured were taken to Tangail General Hospital, the OC said.