Three people were killed and 20 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Savar this morning.

The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately.

The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound ‘Eagle Paribahan’ bus collided head-on with a local bus of ‘Ananda Paribahan’ in Moragang area, on the outskirts of Dhaka, around 7:30am, a Savar correspondent reports quoting Mohshinul Kadir, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station.

Three died on the spot while the injured were whisked off to different private clinics in Dhaka’s Uttara area, adjacent to the spot, the OC said.

Informed, two units of Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the spot and carried out the rescue operation.