At least five people were killed and two others injured in a road accident on the Sylhet-Tamabil road as a bus collided with a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Darvaste area under Jaintapur Upazila of the district last night (Friday).

The deceased were identified as Musad Ali ,50, son of late Khursed Alam, resident of Barakhla village of the upazila, Noor Uddin,55, son of Mozammel Ali, resident of Srikhel village, Abdul Latif, 50, son of Abdul Bari, resident of Bargati village, Md Kamal, 25, son of Tariqul Islam, resident of Farfra village, and Matin Kachai, 45, son of Abdus Shukur of Dighirpar village of the upazila. All the deceased were auto-rickshaw passengers.

The accident occurred in the area when a Jaflong-bound bus from Sylhet collided head-on with the a battery-run auto-rickshaw (locally called Tomtom) around 10pm last night, leaving five passengers of battery-run auto-rickshaw dead on the spot and two others injured, Sylhet district police media officer Shyamal Bonik said.

The injured were taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical and Hospital for treatment, he said.

The family of each deceased has been paid Taka 20,000 by the district administration, Sylhet Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Mozibor Rahman said.