3 killed as bus runs over autorickshaw in Tangail

Three people, including a woman, were killed and another injured when a bus run over a CNG-run autorickshaw at Dhanbari upazila in Tangail.

The accident took place around 1:30pm in the Baghil area on the Dhaka–Jamalpur highway on Monday afternoon (July 7).

According to police, the identities of the deceased were yet to be confirmed.

SM Shahidullah, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhanbari Police Station, said, a Jamalpur-bound passenger bus, coming from Dhaka, collided head-on with a Madhupur-bound autorickshaw. One person died at the scene, while three others were rushed to Dhanbari Hospital. Two of them were declared dead upon arrival by the on-duty-doctors.

"Police have seized the bus involved in the accident, but the driver fled the scene and remains at large. An investigation into the incident is underway," the OC added.