Three people, including a woman, were killed and a minor boy was injured as a minibus hit a pick-up van on Thakurgaon-Dinajpur Highway at Boro khonchabari in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon on Wednesday morning.

The deceased are identified as Ramjan Ali, 60, and Abdul Gaffar, 60, residents of Rajbari village and Rozina Akhter, 22, resident of Prannagar village of the upazila.

Sadar police station Officer-in-charge Moshiur Rahman said a Dinajpur-bound minibus hit the speeding pick-up on the highway at about 11:00am, leaving its two passengers, Ramjan and Gaffar, dead on the spot and Rozina and her 7-year-old boy injured.

The injured were taken to Adhunik Sadar Hospital where Rozina succumbed to her injuries.