Three persons were killed and at least 10 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Rajbari Sadar upazila on Friday.
The accident happened around 8 am in front of Rajbari Technical Training Centre on the Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway.
Two of the dead have been identified. They are BM Nazim Uddin, 50, a social worker of Rajbari city social services office, of Majlishpur village under Basantpur union of Sadar upazila, and truck helper Sakib, 20.
Eyewitnesses said a local bus from Kushtia was going to Faridpur in the morning. On the way, it collided with a cement-laden truck coming from the opposite direction. The truck fell into a ditch on the side of the road and the bus hit a shop. The bus driver died on the spot. At least 10 people were injured. Later, the two others died on the way to hospitals.
Rajbari Ahladipur Highway Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Jewel Rana confirmed it.
