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Three youths were killed as the motorbike carrying them collided with a pickup van on Wednesday night on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria district.
The deceased were Antar Mia,19, Rabiul Islam,29, and Ananada Mia,20, residents of Birpasha village in the upazila, reports UNB.
The Habiganj-bound motorcycle was hit by the pickup van coming from the opposite direction in the evening, leaving Antar and Rabiul dead on the spot, said police.
Ananda Mia died on the way to Dhaka, said Md Shahjalal Alam, Officer-in-Charge of Khatihata Highway police station.
He said the pickup van was seized but the driver managed to flee.
The bodies were sent for autopsy, said the OC.