Three people, including two brothers, were killed in a road accident on Chuadanga-Meherpur road on Thursday.
The victims were identified as Rakib Hasan, 22, Sakib Hasan, 12, sons of Akul Ali of Kulpala village and driver Liton, 34, son of Ali Hossain, a resident of Pirpur village in Sadar upazila.
Abdus Salam, deputy director of Chuadanga Fire and Civil Defence, said a stone-laden truck hit a human hauler at Alamdanga upazila, leaving human hauler driver Liton dead on the spot and the two brothers injured.
Soon after the crash, the injured were taken to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where doctors declared them dead.
Being angered by the accident, local people put barricade on the highway which halted vehicular movement, reports UNB.
On information, two teams of police from Sadar and Alamdanga police station went to the spot and brought the situation under control.