Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Santhia upazila of Pabna district on Friday morning, said police.
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 Irad Ali Promanik 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 the stone-laden truck in Purbo Bangram area around 6am, leaving the three dead on the spot and 10 others critically injured.
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The injured were sent to Pabna General Hospital and conditions of some were stated to be critical, he said.
All the victims were bus passengers, the OC said, adding that legal action will be taken accordingly.