Rangpur: Three people were killed in a road accident on Rangpur-Bogura highway in Pirganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.

Officer-in-charge of Pirganj police station Swadesh Chandra said a covered van hit a road divider and then fell on a Thakurgaon-bound bus around 4 am, leaving a covered van helper and two bus passengers dead on the spot, reports the UNB.

The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.