At least three people were killed and 25 others injured as a passenger bus fell into a roadside ditch in Islampur area under Bijoynagar upazila of the district Wednesday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Khatihata Highway Police Station Mahabubur Rahman said the accident occurred on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway when the Sylhet-bound bus of Diganta Paribahan coming from Dhaka lost control when it tried to avoid collision with a motorbike and fell into a roadside ditch.
Three people died on the spot.
The injured were sent to Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex in Habiganj district.
