Rajbari: Three people, including a child, were killed and 15 others injured in a triangular collision among a bus, a truck and a covered van on Doulatdia-Khulna highway in Goalanda upazila on Sunday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.

Nabi Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ahladipur Highway Police camp, said a truck plunged into a roadside ditch after a collision with a Dhaka-bound bus of 'Shohagh Paribahan' which was hit by a covered van coming from the opposite direction, leaving three people dead on the spot and 15 others injured.

The injured were taken to Goalanda Upazila Health Complex.