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3 killed as tractor hits motorcycle in Panchagarh

Three people were killed and another was injured when a tractor hit a motorcycle in Panchagarh on Wednesday morning.

The accident took place on Boda-Debiganj highway at Kalurhat Kathari area under Debiduba union in Debiganj upazila.

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

They all were the inhabitants of Boda upazila.

According to police and local source, four people were going to Debiganj upazila on a motorcycle in the morning. When they reached at Kalurhat Kathari area, a wood-laden tractor hit the motorcycle, leaving two of them died on the spot and two others critically injured. Later, the injured were taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where the doctor declared one of them dead.

Mohammad Ali, Sub Inspector of Debiganj Police Station, confirmed the matter to Jago News.