Three persons were killed and three others were injured when their car crashed into a stationary truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highwayat Amtali in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria early Thursday, police said.
One of the deceased has been identified as Billal Hossain, 32, the driver of the car and son of Mantu Mia of Debidwar upazila in Cumilla.
The accident occurred early this morning. ‘The car hit the stationary goods-laden truck on the high-speed corridor around 6:45am, after its driver lost control of the speeding vehicle,’ said Md Shahjalal Alam, officer-in-charge of highway police.
‘The impact of the crash was such that the driver and another passenger of the car died on the spot,’ he said.
The other four injured passengers were taken to Madhupur Upazila Health Complex in Habiganj, where doctors declared one of them dead on arrival.
The condition of the other three is said to be critical, the officer said.
‘A probe has been ordered into the accident,’ he added.
