Three persons were killed and another was injured after being hit by a truck in Narail's Lohagara upazila early Wednesday.
The accident took place around 12:30 am in front of Maitkumra shelter project near Ala Munshi junction of the upazila on the Narail-Dhaka highway.
The dead were Shamim Sheikh, 30, Zia Biswas, 40, and Rasel Molya, 20, residents of Maitkumra village under Lohagara municipality.
According to police, the grandmother of the deceased Rasel Molya fell ill on Tuesday night and died. Four people of that village including Rasel went to fetch a cot from neighboring mosque for burying the body. When the four were crossing the road with the cot in that area, they were run over by a speeding truck carrying chicken from Narail to Dhaka.
Rase and Shamim died on the spot. Zia and Tuhin Sheikh were seriously injured and taken to Lohagara Upazila Health Complex where doctors pronounced Zia dead. Later, the injured Tuhin was sent to Narail Sadar Hospital for advanced treatment.
Lohagra Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdullah Al Mamun said the bodies of the deceased will be handed over to the families after the legal process. Attempts are underway to identify and arrest the truck.
