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7 killed as bus collides with CNG-run auto-rickshaw

Seven people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh on Saturday afternoon. 

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. 

The incident took place on Mymensingh-Jamalpur highway near Bhabkeer intersection in Muktagacha upazila of the district at 3:50pm. 

Biplob Kumar Biswas, officer-in-charge of Muktagacha Police Station, confirmed the matter to Jago News.

S M Selim, Duty Officer of Mymensingh District Fire Service, said, seven passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after a Jamalpur-bound bus of Rajib Paribahan hit it.