3 killed in Rangpur road crash

Three passengers of a battery-run auto-rickshaw were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Hajirhat Monthona point on the Dhaka-Thakurgaon highway in the city on Sunday, reports BSS.

Police and hospital sources said the accident occurred when a Thakurgaon bound night coach of Hanif Paribahan from Dhaka hit the auto-rickshaw killing two persons on the spot and injuring four others at 7 am.

Being informed, police rushed to the spot, rescued the injured persons and sent them to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) where another injured person succumbed to his injuries at 10 am.

Condition of another injured person is very critical, the sources said.

Two of the deceased auto-rickshaw passengers were identified as Shaju Mian, 35, and Chan Mian, 30, of village Uttar Singergari under Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district.

The identity of another deceased auto-rickshaw passenger could be known immediately.