3 killed as 2 motorbikes collide head-on

At least three persons were killed and one injured in a head-on a collision between two motorcycles on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj highway at Jaliapara in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon, according to UNB. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hai, son of late Obaidur Molla, Anarul Islam, son of Tarabuddin and Rabiul Islam, son of late Safar Ali, all from different villages in the upazila. Redwanur Rahim, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, said the accident took place when two speedy motorcycles collided head on around 3:30pm, leaving two of them dead on the spot and two others critically injured. Locals took the injured to Dinajpur Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital immediately but one died on the way to the hospital. Being informed by locals, police with firefighters recovered the bodies from the spot and sent those to the hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC added.