Narsingdi: Three people including a woman and child were killed and 10 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck carrying bricks at Shaspur area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila on Monday night.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Police said the accident took place when a Sylhet-bound passenger laden ‘Mitali Paribahan’ bus from Dhaka collided head-on with a bricks-laden Narsingdi bound truck at the area at about 8:15pm, leaving the three spot dead and 10 others injured.

The injured were taken to Narsingdi Zila Hospital.

Shibpur police officer-in-charge Imam Hossain confirmed the incident.