3 killed as bus hits auto-rickshaw

Three people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in Habiganj on Monday.

The incident took place on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Andiura in Madhabpur upazila of the district around 1:30pm.

Of the deceased, two were identified as Lupa Akter, 6, daughter of Kuddus Miah of Rasulpur village and her brother Mosharraf, 3.

Md Maenul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shayestaganj Highway Police Station, said an auto-rickshaw was going to Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex from Jagadishpur. Later, a bus coming from opposition hit the auto-rickshaw leaving two people dead on the spot and six others injured. The injured were taken to the health complex where one of them was declared dead.