Three people were killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a microbus in Birganj upazila in Dinajpur on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as Manik 35, the microbus driver from Hariharpur in Dinajpur Sadar and son of late Abul, Delwar Hossain 45, a treasury official from Hajipara in Thakurgaon town and son of late Hafizur Rahman. The identity of another deceased could not be confirmed immediately.
The accident took place at about 6:00am amid light rain on the Dinajpur-Thakurgaon highway in the Chabbish Mile area, said Md Raihan, sub-inspector of Birganj police station.
The Thakurgaon-bound cement-laden truck collided head-on with the microbus coming from Thakurgaon, leaving two people, including the microbus driver, dead on the spot, he said.
Another person died on the way to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.
The injured were admitted to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.