3 students dead after bike hits tree in Tangail

Three students died after the motorcycle they were riding hit a tree by the road in Tangail's Ghatail upazila this morning.

The deceased are: Md Sharif, son of Samir Uddin; Abu Bakar, son of Shah Jalal; Saim, son of late Ramzan ali of the upazila.

All three were 16-year-old and ninth graders at Dhalapara SUP High School.

The trio went out, on the bike, in the morning. As they reached near Dhalapara Sorisha Ata intersection around 10:30am, their speeding bike hit a tree, leaving the three dead on the spot, Ezaharul Islam, chairman of Dhalapara Union Parishad, told our local correspondent.

On information, relatives of the dead took their bodies to their respective houses, he said.

Azharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station, said police were sent to the spot after learning that three teenage boys died in a bike accident.