Two people were killed and eleven others injured in a triangular collision among a truck, a pick-up van carrying police and a motorbike on Companiganj-Sylhet road in Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district on Wednesday night.
The deceased were identified as Pulok Roy, 30, son of Gopal Roy of Dakkhin Surma upazila and Bikrom, 30, son of Bipul Chandra Mandal of Chalibandar area of the city.
Shyamal Banik, inspector of Sylhet District Police (media cell), said the accident occurred around 10 pm when the truck collided head on with a Sylhet-bound police pick-up van.
A speedy motorbike also crashed into the truck at that moment, leaving the biker dead on the spot and two others injured.
They were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared the bike’s pillion rider dead.
Eleven people including 10 policemen and the pick-up van driver were also injured during the accident.