Three people, including two school students, were killed and two others injured after a bamboo-laden truck ran over an auto-van in Pabna on Sunday morning.
The accident occurred around 6:45 am on the Dhaka-Pabna Highway in the Bangabaria area of Goyeshpur Union.
The deceased are Akram Ali, 56, a van driver from Dharmagram under Ataikula Police Station; Tasnia, 13, daughter of Shamsul Molla from Jaforabad, a student of the local Cadet Collegiate School; and Nur Mohammad Toha, 13, son of Ahmad Ali from Panchampur village.
According to highway police and local sources, the auto-van, carrying several school students, was stationary beside the Dhaka-Pabna Highway when a bamboo-laden truck was approaching Pabna. As another auto-rickshaw appeared in front of the truck, its driver lost control while trying to avoid a collision, running over the stationary auto-van and killing the two students and the van driver on the spot. Two others were taken to Pabna General Hospital in critical condition.
Mustafizur Rahman added that the truck lost control and overturned, crushing the auto-van. The truck has been seized, and further investigation is underway.