Three people, including two HSC examinees, were killed in separate road accidents in Narsingdi on Saturday.
The two students were killed around 1:30 pm in the Bajnab area on the Itakhola-Monohardi regional road in Shibpur upazila while returning home after sitting their HSC examination.
The victims were identified as Sadhin, 19, and Nafis, 22. Nafis hailed from Hajipur village in Narsingdi Sadar upazila, while Sadhin was a resident of Baduarchar Puranpara.
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Friends of the victims said the examination centre for Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan College students was Shaheed Asad Collegiate Girls' School and College, where they sat for the Business Studies (Marketing) examination on Saturday.
After the exam, they were returning home on a motorcycle when it collided head-on with a chicken-laden pickup van bound for Shibpur in the Bajnab area. Both riders were thrown onto the road and died on the spot.
Police recovered the bodies and sent them to Shibpur Upazila Health Complex after receiving the information.
In a separate accident, a Nasimon (locally made three-wheeler) driver was killed after his vehicle overturned near Radhakhali Bridge on the Puradia-Belabo road in Monohardi upazila.
The deceased was identified as Shawon, 30, son of Faruk Hossain of Brahmanergaon village under Borochapa union in Monohardi upazila.
Police said one of the vehicle's wheels suddenly came off near Radhakhali Bridge, causing the driver to lose control before the vehicle crashed into a roadside tree, leaving Shawon dead on the spot.
SM Aman Ullah, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Belabo Police Station, said the body was handed over to the family without an autopsy as no complaint was filed by the relatives.