Three persons were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run three-wheeler in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar yesterday.

One of the dead is Badiul Alam, driver of the three-wheeler, said police.

The accident took place around 7:00am on Shahid ATM Zafar Alam Road in Bharabridge area.

Anwarul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ramu Police Station, said two persons died on the spot after the Teknaf-bound truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw.

One of the injured succumbed to the injuries on his way to hospital, he said, adding that the two other injured are receiving treatment at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.

Police are trying to identify the two other deceased.