A doctor and his son were killed, and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was injured after a three-way collision between the auto-rickshaw, a truck, and a covered van at South Surma of Sylhet city on Monday.

The incident happened at about 10:00pm at the Humayun Rashid intersection of the area on Monday.

The deceased were identified as Dr Touhidur Rashid Chowdhury, 45, of the oncology department of Northeast Medical College in Sylhet, and his son, Talha Bin Touhid Chowdhury, 16.

South Surma Police Station officer-in-charge Yardous Hasan confirmed the matter.

The auto-rickshaw carrying the doctor and his son was coming towards the city, and the truck was coming from the opposite direction.

When the auto-rickshaw crossed Humayun Rashid intersection on the south side of Shahjalal Bridge, there was a collision between the truck and the auto-rickshaw and a covered van, said the OC.

All the injured were taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared the father and the son brought dead.

The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, added the police official.

The truck and the covered van were seized, but the drivers fled the spot, he said.