UNB, Dinajpur :
Three friends were killed and two others injured when their car skidded off the road and fell into a ditch on the busy Panchagarh-Rangpur highway in Dinajpur district on Tuesday night.
The deceased were identified as Borno Basak, 22, son of Kapil Basak and student of a private university in Dhaka, Shahriar Shaon, 24, son of Shafiqul Islam of Syedpur, and Imon, 23, son of Nurul Amin of Munshipara.
The accident occurred around 11pm in the Nashipur Sat Mile area of Dinajpur district.
“The one driving the car at high speed lost its control while negotiating a U-turn on the high-speed corridor, leading to the accident. All its five occupants sustained injuries in the crash,” said SM Masud, in-charge of Highway Police Station.
The injured were taken to a local hospital, where three of them succumbed to their injuries, he said. “The two injured — Tamzid, 19, and Nobi Priyo, 23 — were later shifted to M Abdur Rahman Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.”
