Three people were killed in a road accident on Rangpur-Bagura highway in Pirganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Officer-in-charge of Pirganj police station Swadesh Chandra said a covered van hit a road divider and then fell onto a Thakurgaon-bound bus around 4:00am, leaving a covered van helper and two bus passengers dead on the spot.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, according to a news agency report.