Four people were killed as a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Gaibandha's Palashbari upazila today.
The accident took place on the Gaibandha-Palashbari road in Satarpara-Majhipara area around 5:30am, Md Mizanur Rahman, sub-inspector of Palashbari Police Station, told.
The deceased could not be identified immediately.
"The auto-rickshaw was heading for Palashbari from Gaibandha. When it reached Satarpara-Majhipara area, the bus hit the three-wheeler, leaving its driver and three passengers dead on the spot," the SI said.
The bus driver fled the scene, he added.