3 killed in truck-van collision

Three persons including two children were killed and three others injured when a truck collided with a motorised van at Ruia under Khardah police station in North 24 Parganas district today, the police said.

Two boys aged 8-10 years and the 30-year-old driver died on the spot while the injured were taken to hospital.

The truck fled from the spot after the accident, the police said.