Dhaka, May 16 -- Three people have been killed and at least 20 others injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Gopalganj.

The accident occurred around 8:30pm on Thursday in the Milton Bazar area of South Fakura village on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Kashiani Upazila, according to Khondkar Hafizur Rahman, chief of Kashiani Police Station.

The dead have been identified as truck driver Shamim Molla, 25, bus helper Rabbi Molla, 17, and bus passenger Manos Sarkar, 41. Shamim hailed from Madaripur's Kalkini Upazila while Manos hailed from Khulna's Dakop.

OC Khondkar said that the New Baleswar Paribahan bus had left from Bagerhat's Mongla and was headed to Chattogram. "As it reached the Milton Bazar area, it crashed into...