Three killed in head-on crash between postal van and truck in Madhabpur, Habiganj

Three people have been killed in a head-on collision between a postal van and a stone-laden truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Madhabpur, Habiganj.

Those killed were the postal van's driver Md Jasim (40), mail guard Md Majnu Mia (54) and Abul Kalam Azad (55).

The accident happened at about 2:30am on Wednesday night (11 November) at Nayapara Kaysarnagar in Madhabpur upazila, on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway.

The postal van involved in the accident was engaged in mail transport for the Sylhet Postal Division.

Among those killed, Md Jasim and Abul Kalam Azad were from Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar. The address of the other victim, Majnu Mia, was not immediately known.

Muktadir Hossain, the doctor on duty at the emergency department of Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex, said the three injured men were brought to hospital and declared dead after examination.

Md Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Shaistaganj Highway Police Station, confirmed that three people were killed in the accident.

OC Anisur Rahman said the process of taking legal action over the incident is under way.