2 brothers among 3 killed in road crash

Three people, including two brothers, were killed in a road crash on Chuadanga-Meherpur road at Kulpala village in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Thursday, reports UNB.

The deceased are Rakib Hasan, 22, Sakib Hasan, 12, sons of Akul Ali of the village and driver Liton, 34, son of Ali Hossain, a resident Pirpur village in Sadar upazila.

Abdus Salam, deputy director of Chuadanga Fire and Civil Defence said a stone-laden truck hit a human hauler and the two brothers, leaving human hauler driver Liton dead on the spot and the two brothers injured.

The injured were taken to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where physicians declared them dead.

Being angered by the accident, local people put barricade on the highway which halted vehicular movement for sometimes.

Two teams of police from Sadar and Alamdanga police station went to the spot and brought the situation under control.