At least three people including two members of a family were killed in a road accident.
The people were killed when a bus hit a motorbike at Mansurabad in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Moin Uddin Sheikh, 35, his daughter Tabassum, 10 and Sourav Matabbar, 16, son of Miraj Matabbar of Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district.
Helal Uddin Bhuiyan, additional superintendent of Faridpur (Bhanga circle) Police, said that the accident took place at about 12:30 pm on Sunday when the Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Star Line Paribahan’ from Gopalganj hit the motorbike coming from opposite direction, leaving two riders dead on the spot and the girl injured.
Injured Tabassum was taken to a local hospital where the on duty doctors pronounced her dead in the hospital.
Agitated local people put up barricade on the road and set the bus on fire after the accident.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.