Three people, including two SSC examinees, were killed in a road accident on Tarapur road at Puthia upazila in Rajshahi on Monday morning.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
In this connection, Sahedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Putia Police Station, said: “The accident took place when a Natore-bound truck hit the motorbike, carrying the SSC examinees, in the area around 9:45am, leaving three of them dead on the spot.”
It is mentionable that, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2018 began across the country on Thursday.