Dhaka: At least 12 people were killed when a speeding truck hit a three-wheeler passenger van in southwestern Bangladesh on Sunday, police said.

Eleven of them died on the spot while another succumbed to his wounds later at a hospital, they said, adding that the accident took place at about 3.50 pm at a place called Saitrish in Magura district. "The tragic incident took place as the truck initially hit the tempo mildly causing the tempo to fell in a roadside ditch...then the truck driver too lost control over the wheels and ran over the tempo," district police chief Proloy Sisim said over phone. He said several of passengers with critical wounds were receiving treatment a local hospital.

PTI