NOAKHALI, May 08 (UNB): Three people were killed and 25 others injured after a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Chatkhil upazila on Wednesday morning.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Police said the accident took place on Chatkhil-Ramganj road at Munshibari Darja around 9am.
A Ramganj-bound bus of 'Janani Paribahan' from Sonaimuri plunged into the roadside ditch, killing the trio on the spot, said Shafiul Islam, officer-in-charge of Chatkhil Police Station.
Three units of fire service went to the spot and rescued the passengers.
The injured were taken to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, in Chandpur, two people were killed in a collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw at Lebutola Balu Mohalin in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Rafiq Gazi, 40, of Char Poya village in Faridganj upazila and passenger Mozammel Hossain, 23, son of Shahidul Islam of Panchaghar.
The accident took place when a sand-laden truck collided with the auto-rickshaw on Faridganj-Roypur regional highway around 9am, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Mohammad Nasimuddin, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
On information, police rushed to the spot but the truck driver managed to flee the scene.
A case was filed in this connection, the OC added.
