Three teenage boys were killed as an unidentified speedy truck hit their motorcycle from opposite direction on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Sonasur point in Gopal ganj on early Monday.
The deceased are Jami Sheikh, 17, son of Shokor Sheikh, Hasan Sarder, 18, son of Sukkur Sarder and Tajim Sheikh, 16, son of Davlu Sheikh, all from Chutfah village under Sadar upazila in the district.
‘The three youths were returning to their village home from the district town riding on a motorbike ...the bike caught fire and plunged into road side following a speedy truck coming from opposite site hit it around 12.30am on Sunday’, said SM Ariful Huq, senior station master of Gopalganj fire station.
Jami Sheikh died on the spot and critically injured two others were admitted to Gopalganj General Hospital.
Later, they were shifted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation where they succumbed to their injuries on Monday morning.
