Dhaka, Aug. 2 -- Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed and two others injured in a road accident on the East Coast Expressway near Gambang town in Kuantan district of Malaysia's Pahang state on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Md Sabber Hasan, 30, driver of the vehicle, and two passengers, Md Jahid Hasan, 21, and Abdullah, 24.

The accident took place in the area around 7:30 pm (local time) on Friday after the driver lost control of the vehicle they were travelling in and skidded off the road, according to Malaysian news reports.

Mohd Adli Mat Daud, acting district police chief superintendent of Kuantan, said a Toyota Avanza vehicle was heading from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur when the driver lost control, causing the vehicle to ve...