Bogra: Three people were killed and 15 others were injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at Pakurtola in Shibganj upazila of Bogra on Thursday morning.

One of the deceased is Abul Kalam Azad, a resident of Bishnupur village in Polashbari upazila of Gaibandha district.

The Motamtola police said the accident took place on the highway at about 6:00am when the Dhaka-bound bus Safa-Marwa Paribahan collided with the Kurigram-bound bus ‘Dhaka Nagar Paribahan’ on the highway at about 6:00am, leaving one dead on the spot and 17 others injured.

Two of the injured died on the way to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. The rest of the injured were admitted to Sadar Hospital.