3 killed in Thakurgaon road accident

Three people, including a woman, were killed and a minor boy was injured as a minibus hit a pick-up van on Thakurgaon-Dinajpur highway at Boro khonchabari in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.

The deceased were identified as Ramjan Ali, 60, and Abdul Gaffar, 60, residents of Rajbari village and Rozina Akhter, 22, resident of Prannagar village of the upazila.

Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said the Dinajpur-bound minibus hit the speeding pick-up on the highway around 11:00am, leaving its two passengers, Ramjan and Gaffar, dead on the spot and Rozina and her 7-year-old boy injured.

The injured were taken to Adhunik Sadar Hospital where Rozina succumbed to her injuries.