Three people including a seven-month-old baby were killed and three others were injured as a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj's Salanga area this morning.
"The accident took place near Nalka Bridge on Sirajganj-Hatikumrul road around 8:30am," Hatikumrul Highway Police Station Officer-in-charge (OC) Badrul Kabir told .
The deceased were identified as Chanbanu, 50, of Ullapara upazila, Dolly Akter, 25, of Fazle Khan Road in Sirajganj town, and her seven-month-old son Nihan.
OC Badrul said the auto-rickshaw was heading to Sirajganj town from Hatikumrul and the bus was coming to Hatikumrul from Sirajganj.
The three passengers of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot, he also said.
The injured were taken to a local hospital, the OC said, adding, "We have seized the bus but the driver and his helper fled."
