Three friends were killed and two others injured after their car skidded off the road and fell into a ditch on the Panchagarh-Rangpur highway in Dinajpur on Tuesday night.
The deceased were identified as Borno Basak, 22, son of Kapil Basak and student of a private university in Dhaka, Shahriar Shaon, 24, son of Shafiqul Islam of Syedpur, and Imon, 23, son of Nurul Amin of Munshipara.
The accident occurred in the Nashipur Sat Mile area of Dinajpur district around 11pm.
Confirming the matter, Kotwali Police Station Inspector Sourav said the car at high speed lost its control while negotiating a U-turn on the high-speed corridor.
They were rescued and taken to a local hospital, where three of them succumbed to their injuries, he added.
The two injured - Tamzid, 19, and Rawnak, 23 - were later shifted to M Abdur Rahman Medical College and Hospital for better treatment, he concluded.
