Three people were killed and three others injured as a bus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Kakoirtola area of Chandpur-Cumilla highway in Shahrasti upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Monir Hossain, 45, and Gunodhar Chakraborty, 70, and Hari Chandra Chakraborty, 55.
Officer-in-charge of Shahrasti Police Station Shah Alam said the accident occurred at 1 pm when the Chandpur -bound bus of Padma Paribahan collided with the Cumilla bound auto-rickshaw, killing three people on the spot.
The bodies were handed over to their families considering their request, the OC said.
The injured were admitted to a local hospital, he added.
