Three people were killed and 14 others injured when a night coach rammed into a stationary drum truck at Bairagiganj in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur early Wednesday.

The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately.

According to locals and police, the accident occurred when the coach of Khan Paribahan crashed onto the parked drum truck on Dhaka-Rangpur highway around 6:30am, leaving a man dead on the spot.

Being informed, highway police and Fire Service personnel rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations, said Mohammad Moazzem Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Pirganj Barodargah Highway Police Station.

The injured were taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for treatment were two other victims died.

The OC said the damaged coach and the truck have been removed from the highway and traffic movement is normal.