3 killed in Thakurgaon road crash

A head-on collision between two buses on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway left three people dead and 30 others injured  today morning.
The deceased were identified as Babul, 28, a minibus driver Abul Kalam Azad, 50, son of Abdul Majid and Quamruzzaman of Sadar upazila.
The accident took place at Salandar Bhutpara in the upazila around 10am.
A Panchagarh-bound bus hit the Thakurgaon-bound minibus of ‘Nirnoy Paribahan’, killing three people on the spot, said Sub-Inspector Firoza Begum of Sadar Police Station.
Police and fire service officials rescued the victims and took 22 of them to the Sadar Hospital, reports BSS from Thakurgaon.