Three killed as truck hits roadside shops

Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck ploughed through some shops at Khoribona in the district's Nachole upazila yesterday.

The dead are tea stall owner Wahab Ali, 45, and grocery shop owner Mohammad Gazlu, 45, of Khoribona village, and Tabarok Ali, 50, of Jorpukur village.

Fasiruddin, officer-in-charge of Nachole Police Station, said the accident occurred on Rohonpur-Natore road when driver of the Nachole-bound truck lost control over the steering and hit three roadside shops around 11:30am, killing Wahab and Gazlu on the spot and injuring four others.

The injured were rushed to Nachole Upazila Health Complex. As the condition of Tabarok deteriorated, doctors referred him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he died around 1:30pm.