Three including 2 college girls die as bus rams auto-rickshaw

Three people, including two college girls, were killed as a bus rammed a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Daulatkhan upazila of Bhola on Friday morning.

The deceased were identified as Md Abul Kalam, 55, and college girls Rima Akter, 17, daughter of Koysor Matubbaer, and Shikha, 17, daughter of Zahangir, residents of Joynagar village in the upazila.

Witnesses said a speedy bus hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Otoruddin area on Bhola-Char Fasson road around 9:15 am, leaving three passengers of the latter vehicle dead on the spot.

Daulatkhan Police Station officer in-charge Md Zakir Hossain confirmed the incident.

Jewel Saha Bikash/SU