UNB, Benapole :
A man was killed and two others injured in a road crash in Sharsha of Jashore as a car hit a tree while trying to overtake a truck.
The deceased was identified as Ripon Hossain, 30, a passenger of the car and resident of Sharanpur village under Jhikargachha upazila.
The accident occurred at Jamtala on the Navaran-Satkhira highway in the upazila on Friday morning.
Navaran Highway Police sub-inspector Amirul Islam said a private car heading towards Satkhira lost control while overtaking a truck and hit a tree by the road. Three people were seriously injured.
Locals rescued the injured and took them to Jessore General Hospital. Ripon Hossain died on the way to the hospital, he said.
