Dhaka, June 11 -- Three people, including a woman and her daughter, have been killed after a covered van ploughed into a motorcycle in Pabna's Ishurdi Upazila.

The accident occurred around 8am on Wednesday on the Dashuria-Kushtia Highway in Salimpur's Munnar Mor area, said Inspector Mushfiqur Rahman of Pakshi Highway Police Station.

The dead have been identified as Suborna Khatun and her 8-year-old daughter Purnata, who hailed from Natore's Sadar Upazila, and local resident Anisur Rahman.

Suborna's husband Mofizul Islam was critically injured in the accident and has been admitted to the Ishurdi Upazila Health Complex for treatment.

Citing locals, Inspector Mushfiqur said: "Retired BGB member Mofizul Islam was returning home to Natore ...