Seven including newborn killed in Mymensingh road accident

Seven people, including a newborn, were killed when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh today.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, our local correspondent reports.

Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge of Tarakanda Police Station Md Abul Khayer said the accident happened around 1:00pm.

A Mymensingh-bound bus from Netrakona hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Netrakona road at Gachhtola, killing seven people, including the baby and driver of the auto-rickshaw, dead on the spot, the OC said.

On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies, said the OC.

Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee the scene.