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Three die in Gopalganj road crash


Three die in Gopalganj road crash

At least three people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Pona area under Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj on Tuesday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Shajahan Mollah, 50, son of Rulu Mollah, truck helper Shohag Talukdar, 18, son of Barkat Talukdar of Bhudhpasha village of the upazila, and an unidentified woman, reports UNB.

The accident took place when a Pirojpur-bound bus collided head-on with a brick-laden truck in the area around 12:30pm, leaving the trio dead on the spot and 20 others injured, said Hossain Muhammad Raihan, Police Superintendent of Muksudpur Police Station.

The bodies were sent to Sheikh Sayera Khatun Medical College morgue for autopsy, he said.

The injured were admitted to Sheikh Sayera Khatun Medical College and Kashiani upazila health complex.

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