3 killed, 20 injured in road crash

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Three people were killed and at least 20 others injured after a bus hit a stationary truck in Tarapur area on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway of Puthia upazila in Rajshahi district Friday.

Two of the deceased are Rizu, 25, helper of the bus, and Jakir Hossain, 28, driver of the truck, reports state news agency BSS.

Police and locals said the injured people were sent to different nearby healthcare centres and hospitals, including Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound night coach of Shyamoli Paribahan from Chapainawabganj rammed into a sand-laden stranded truck on the road in early hours, Puthia police station officer-in-charge Shakil Uddin Ahmed told newsmen.

On information, he said, police and members of fire service and civil defence rushed to the spot and conducted rescue operation with help of locals.