The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Bogra

Three people were killed and 12 others injured as a truck ploughed through a BNP procession on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Mohipur in Sherpur upazila yesterday evening.

Witnesses said a man died on the spot and two others were declared dead when brought to Bogra Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

Two of the victims were identified as Abdul Majid, 65, and Milon, 30, of Mohipur, 20 km off Bogra town. The identity of another dead could not be known immediately.

According to the witnesses, the accident took place at about 7pm when the Bogra-bound truck ploughed through the BNP procession from behind on the highway.

It was not clear whether the driver hit the procession intentionally, as he fled the scene with his truck.

The injured were admitted to the Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.