Three killed in Magura road crash

Three people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a battery-run auto-rickshaw and a bus in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura yesterday.

The deceased are auto-rickshaw driver Rabbi (22), Jashim (24), and Nirmal Kumar Biswas (60).

Ikram Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohammadpur Police Station, said the accident took place around noon near Kanutia on Mohammadpur road.

The auto-rickshaw was hit by the bus coming at high speed from the opposite direction, leaving around 15 people injured.

Among the injured, four were rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital where the doctor declared Rabbi and Jashim dead, said the OC. Nirmal succumbed to his injuries on the way to a Jashore hospital.

The vehicles were seized, however, the bus driver managed to flee the scene, he said.

A case was filed with Mohammadpur Police Station in this regard, he added.