Published on 03:49 PM, July 17, 2015

Road crashes in Rangpur, Munshiganj kill 3

Three people were killed and at least 53 others injured in two road accidents in Rangpur and Munshiganj today.

In Rangpur, a man was killed and at least 50 others were injured as a bus overturned in Mithapukur upazila around 4:30am, leaving its passenger Liton, 25, of Adibmari upazila in Lalmonirhat, on the spot.

Police said at least 50 people were injured in the incident. They were rushed off to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

In Munshiganj, two people were killed on the spot and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Dogachi in Louhojong upazila around 8am, police said.

One of the deceased was identified as Iman Ali, 30, of Rangpur district.