At least six people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured when a microbus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided and fell into a roadside ditch on Sylhet-Bholaganj Road at Salutikor under Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday morning.

One of the deceased was identified as Kazi Amir Uddin, a teacher of Anwar High School and College, while identities of the others could not be known immediately.

KM Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gowainghat Police Station, said the accident occurred around 8:30 am when the microbus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw fell into the road side ditch after a head-on collision, leaving five people dead on the spot and three injured.

Of the injured, one died on the way to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital.