3 dead as bus hits auto rickshaw in Cumilla

Three people were killed and four others injured as a bus hit a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chandina upazila of Cumilla on Monday noon, reports UNB.

The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.

The Chattogram-bound bus hit the auto rickshaw on the highway in Dhamti area around 12:00pm, leaving two female passengers dead on the spot and four people wounded, said Akul Chandra Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mainamati Highway Police Station.

The injured were later rushed to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital where another died.

Police couldn't seize the killer bus as it fled immediately after the accident, said the OC.