Three persons, including a couple, were killed in a collision between a pickup van and an auto-rickshaw in Sylhet's Gopalganj upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased were Lutfor Rahman, 72, a former UP member at Bianibazar upazila of the district; and his wife Jelly Begum; and Yunus Miah, 28, son of Suna Miah of Jakiganj upazila.
One more person was critically injured in the accident and he has been sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical Hospital.
Witnessed said that a Sylhet-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a Beanibazar-bound pickup van at Ranaping area, leaving three dead on the spot and another injured.
After the collision, the pickup van fell into a roadside ditch.
Gopalganj Model Police Station OC Md Rafiqul Islam confirmed the accident news.
