The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

At least three people were killed and 20 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck at Pakulla under Mirzapur upazila in Tangail yesterday morning.

The dead were identified as Asma Begum, 30 and Ananda Mia, 20, while the identity of another person could not be known immediately.

Police said the accident occurred at about 6:30am when a Dhaka bound passenger bus from Gaibandha collided with a truck coming from opposite direction, killing three people on the spot injuring 20 others.

The injured were admitted to Mirzapur Kumudini health complex. In another accident a young man was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Mostapur in Sadar South upazila in Comilla on Monday.

The identity of the youth could not be known immediately. Police said the young man died on the spot as the truck ran over him when he was crossing road at about 7:am.