3 killed in Sirajganj road crash

At least three people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka-Sirajganj highway near Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj early today.

One of the deceased is China Begum, 38, of Kurigram Sadar upazila while the identity of other deceased could be known immediately, reports our Pabna correspondent.

The accident took place on the highway in Baniagati area around 2:00am when the Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Anik Paribahan collided head-on with the oncoming laden truck, said officer in charge of Bangabandhu bridge west zone police station Md. Helal Uddin.

Both the vehicles skidded off the highway and fell in a roadside ditch after the drivers lost their control over steering, the OC told our correspondent.

Two passenger of the bus died on the spot and another succumbed to his injuries at Sirajganj General Hospital later.

Other injured passengers are now undergoing treatment at Sirajganj Sadar Hospital, police said.