Three women were killed and at least 15 passengers injured in a road accident at Kalihati upazila in Tangail district on Wednesday afternoon.
Identities of the deceased were not known immediately.
Police said about 22 men and women were going to an Uros at Enayetpur in Sirajganj district by a pickup van from Jamalpur district.
On the way, the pickup van lost control and fell into a ditch on the side of the highway in Analiyabari area around 1 pm. Two women died on the spot and another woman died on the way to Tangail General Hospital.
Another injured 15 people were rescued and admitted to the hospital.
Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station officer-in-charge Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter.
