3 killed in Chattogram road crash

Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila early Wednesday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.

The accident took place around 4:45 am when a stone-laden truck from Dhaka hit the Dhaka-bound green chilli-laden pickup van, leaving the three people killed on the spot, said in-charge of Kumira Highway police camp SI Mohammad Abdullah.

On information, police went to the spot and recovered the bodies, he said.