Three people, including a student of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST), were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed a van in Jashore district on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased were Farzana Islam Sumi, 22, a student of the Petroleum and Mining Engineering department of (JUST), and Zohra Begum, 55, and the van puller Masum Hossain, 28, residents of Kamalapur village in Sadar upazila of the district.
Zohra's husband and witness Amzed Ali said a truck of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) hit the van, which was carrying him, his wife and three others, beside Churamonkati rail crossing on the Jashore-Chougacha road around 5 pm.
Fortunately, he survived the accident but his wife and two others died on the spot, he added.
Confirming the incident, Kotwali Police Station officer in-charge Tajul Islam said they seized the BADC truck.
Milon Rahman/SU