Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a train and a pickup in Nalchhata area of Arikhola railway station in Kaliganj upazila of the district today.
The identities of the victims could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound train from Kishoreganj collided head-on with a pickup coming from opposite direction at an unprotected gate at Nalchhata of Arikhola railway station around 10.30am, leaving three people in the pickup van dead on the spot, Arikhola Rail Station Master Kamrul Islam.
