Three schoolboys were killed as a motorcycle hit a roadside tree in Ghatail upazila of Tangail on Monday morning.
The deceased were Sharif, son of late Samir Uddin, Abu Bakr, son of Shahzalalal, and Shaheen, son of late Ramzan Ali, residents of Jhaipata village in the upazila. They all were students of Class X at Dhalapara SUP High School.
Dhalapara Union Parishad chairman Md Ezaharul Islam Bhuiyan said a motorcycle hit hard a roadside tree in Chairman Bari intersection area on Ghatail-Dhalapara road, leaving three dead on the spot.
The students met their tragic end when they went out to roam with the motorcycle, he added.
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