3 including UP member dead as truck hits motorcycle in Dinajpur

Three people, including an union parishad member, were dead after a truck hit the motorcycle they were on in Birol upazila of Dinajpur early today.

The deceased was identified as Md Rakib Hossain, 25, a member of Mongalpur UP, Md Tamim, 14, of Ranisankail upazila in Thakurgaon, and Sadbin Osman, 24, of Borogurgola area in Dinajpur town.

Hafiz Md Raihan Ali, officer-in-charge of Mongalpur Police Investigation Centre in Birol, confirmed the incident.

The three were going to Bochaganj from Dinajpur town by a private car but their car ran out of fuel at Mongalpur Bazar. They arranged a bike and were going to a nearby petrol pump to take fuel, our Dinajpur correspondent reports.

A truck, heading to Bochaganj, hit their bike on their way around 12:30am, OC Hafiz said.

All three persons died on the spot, he added.

Police recovered the bodies and handed them to their family members. The trucker fled the scene.