Three people were killed after a sand pile collapsed on them while loading it on a truck at Joikura ghat in Rajbari Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

The deceased were Abdur Rahim Sheikh, 55, a sand trader; Maruf Sheikh, 22, driver of an excavator machine; and Ripon Ali alias Imran, 38, driver of the truck.

When they were loading sand on a truck, a big chunk of sand collapsed on them around 10:30pm, leaving the trio dead on the spot.

Rajbari Additional Police Super Md Rezaul Karim confirmed the matter.

The bodies were sent to hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.

BDST: 1259 HRS, SEP 13, 2023
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