Three killed in Pabna road accident

 Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Pabna-Dhaka Highway in the Purba Banogram area of Santhia upazila on Friday.

Of the deceased, two were identified as Abed Ali, 38, son of late Hashem Molla of Santipur village in Sujanagar upazila, and Monsur Ali, 40, son of late Yad Ali of Ataikura Kali Dar Para village in Santhia upazila.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Madhabpur Highway Police Station Mostafizur Rahman said a passenger bus, 'Pabna Express', heading towards Pabna collided head-on with a stone-laden truck coming from the opposite direction in the Purba Banogram area around 5:30 am, leaving three people dead and 10 others injured.

The injured are undergoing treatment at Pabna General Hospital.