Three persons were killed after a bus crashed into two motorcycles and a truck in Gaibandha's Palashbari upazila on Monday morning.
The deceased were Bidyut Sarker, 42, Subhash Chandra, 35, and Sumon Chandra, 35.
The accident happened at about 9:30am on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway's Choumatha intersection.
Eye witnesses said a speeding bus of 'Barkat Paribahan', heading towards Rangpur, crashed into two motorcycles when it reached the Choumatha intersection. Later, it also collided head-on with a truck.
Locals rescued critically injured three motorcycle riders and sent them to Upazila Health Complex where they were declared dead on arrival.
Palashbari Police Station OC Masud Rana said police seized the bus and the truck. The bus driver managed to flee.
3 killed as bus crashes motorbikes in Gaibandha
