3 killed in bus-truck collision in Pabna

Three people were killed, and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Santhia Upazila at 5:30am on Friday.

Two of the deceased were identified as Abed Ali, 37, son of late Hashem Molla of Shantipur area under Sujanagar upazila of the district, and Mansur Ali, 40, son of Idad Ali of Karigar para under Ataikula Police Station of the district.

Officer-in-charge of Madhabpur Highway Police Station, Mustafizur Rahman, said, "The Pabna-bound bus from Dhaka collided with a stone-laden truck in the Purbo Bangram area around 6.00am, leaving three dead on the spot and 10 others critically injured."

The injured were sent to Pabna General Hospital and conditions of some were stated to be critical, he said.