At least five people including a woman were killed and two others injured following a head-on collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Haluaghat road in Alalpur area of the city on Saturday morning.

The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Mahmudul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotowali Police Station, said the accident took place around 11am when the auto-rickshaw collided with the truck, leaving three dead on the spot and four injured.

One of the injured died on the way to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital and another one died at the hospital, he added.