Dhaka, May 7 -- Three people have died when their microbus crashed into a dump truck while taking an elderly woman to the hospital in Meherpur. Four others have been injured in the accident.

The incident occurred in the Shukurkandi area of the Meherpur-Kushtia Highway around 11:30am on Tuesday, according to Bani Israil, chief of Gangani Police Station.

The dead have been identified as Shahin, 25, his aunt Akhtar Banu aka Lal Buri, 45, and microbus driver Jamal, 40. Shahin and his aunt hailed from Garadob village.

Citing the family, OC Bani said that Shahin's grandmother Fazila Khatun had been admitted to the Gangani Upazila Health Complex with diarrhoea. When her condition deteriorated, doctors referred her to Kushtia Medical College H...