Three people were killed and another was injured when a pickup van collided head-on with a motorcycle in Dhanbari upazila of Tangail district early Thursday.
SM Shahidullah, officer-in-charge of Dhanbari Police Station, said that the accident took place on the Tangail-Jamalpur regional highway in Bilaspur Battala area around 5:40am.
Two motorcyclists died on the spot, while the pickup van driver succumbed to his injuries at Dhanbari Upazila Health Complex.
Two of the deceased were identified as motorcycle riders Md Al Amin, 30, and Swapan Miah, 35, of Jamalpur. The name and other details of the pickup van driver could not be known immediately.
OC Shahidullah added that after being informed of the accident, police and firefighters launched a rescue operation.
The injured motorcycle rider, Md Sunny, 20, was taken to the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
