The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Tangail

Three persons, including a woman were killed and six others injured when a Dhaka bound passenger bus from Gaibandha collided head-on with a truck at Pakulla under Mirzapur upazila in the district this morning.

Two of the dead were identified as Asma, 24, and Ananda, 28, both from Gaibandha. Identity of another dead could not be known immediately.

Police sources said the passenger bus from Gaibandha collided head-on with the truck coming from the opposite direction at Pkulla at around 6.00 AM today. Two of the bus passengers died on the spot while another succumbed to his injuries at hospital.

Six injured passengers were admitted to Mirzapur and Kumudini hospitals.

A case has been filed with Mirzapur police station in this connection.