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Naogaon road accident leaves 3 dead

Three passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and three others injured in a road accident in the Ferryghat area of Manda upazila in Naogaon on Monday morning.

The deceased were identified as Joynal Abedin, 36, Rafiqul Islam, 35, and Ashfarul Islam, 30. All the three were the representatives of Acme Pharmaceuticals.

Mozaffar Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Manda Police Station, said the accident took place around 8:30am when the truck hit the auto-rickshaw.

The trio was going to the district town to attend the company’s annual meeting.

Rafiqul and Joynal was killed on the spot and Ashraful succumbed to his injuries while being taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

Three other who were injured in the accident are now undergoing treatment at RMCH, said the OC.