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Seven killed as bus hits auto-rickshaw in M'singh

Seven people were killed as a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sadar upazila of Mymensingh on Friday morning.

Among the dead, three were identified as Bablu Ahmed, 45, a resident of Rambhadrapur's Ashabat village in Fulpur upazila, his wife Shila Akter, 35, and their son Md Sadman, 7 and the auto-rickshaw driver Alamin Hossain, 25.

Sadar Police Station sub-inspector Harunur Rashid from the spot said a bus of Sherpur-bound 'Adil Paribahan' from Dhaka hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Alalpur area around 11 am, leaving seven, including the driver of the latter vehicle, dead on the spot. 

The Police Station officer in-charge (investigation) Anwar Hossain said the bus and the auto-rickshaw were seized.

Manzurul Islam/SU