Auto-rickshaw plunge kills three in B\\\'baria

BRAHMANBARIA, Jul 16 (UNB): Three people were killed and three others went missing as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw plunged into a roadside ditch after being hit by a microbus in Nurpur area of Akhaura upazila on Thursday morning.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Mofiz Uddin, officer-in-charge of Akhaura Police Station, said the accident took place in the area around 12pm as the microbus hit the auto-rickshaw.

On information, firefighters rushed to the spot and recovered three bodies from the auto-rickshaw. Three people, also passengers of the auto-rickshaw, went missing after the incident.