3 die in Manikganj crash

Three workers have been killed and 10 others injured when a truck overturned in Manikganj.

Manikganj Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 9 June 2014, 07:22 AM
Updated : 9 June 2014, 07:22 AM
The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Aricha highway on Monday morning.
The dead have been identified as Khalil Miah, 60, Samidul, 32, and Chaber Miah, 40.
Police could not provide details about the injured, but they were admitted to the Upazila health complex.
Some 15-18 farm workers were on their way back home from Manikganj’s Singair Upazila with rice sacks in the truck, Borongail highway police outpost sergeanr Nazmul Ahsan said.
Around 6am, the driver lost control and the truck fell into a ditch.
Three workers died when crushed under the truck, he said.
Police seized the truck but the driver and his assistant managed to escape.