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Bus-truck collision kills three

November 06, 2009 00:00:00


THAKURGAON, Nov 5 (UNB): Three people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a BRTC bus and a truck on Thakurgaon-Dinajpur road in the outskirts of the town Thursday.
Witnesses said a Panchagarh bound BRTC bus collided with Dinajpur bound truck, leaving three people dead on the spot.
Two of the deceased were identified as Ashraf (22), Saiful Islam (17). Identity of another deceased man, aged about 25, could not be known immediately.
The injured were admitted to Sadar Hospital.
Communications between the capital and Rajshhai, Dinajpur, Bogra and Thakurgaon remained suspended for two hours following the accident.

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