At least three people were killed while three others were injured in separate road accidents in Begumgonj upazila in Noakhali on Thursday.
The deceased are Afsar Ali, 25, Rokan Uddin, 40 and Liton, 28.The injured are Md Sahajahan, 30, Abdullah, 21, and Ruhul Amin, 40.
Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Begumganj Model police station, said a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying three passengers was on its way to Sonaimuri around 11pm.
As it reached in front of Dhopa Bari near Banglabajar, it collided head on with a Sonapur bound passenger bus leaving the CNG driver Afsar Ali and one passenger Rokan Uddin dead on spot. The other two passengers Md Sahajahan and Abdullah were severely injured.
Locals admitted the injured to the Sonaimuri Upazila Health Complex.
Upon information, police went to the spot and recovered the dead bodies and sent them to Noakhali Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
Meanwhile on Laxmipur Chaumuhani Road, around 9pm, a pick up van hit a Chandragonj bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction near Banglabajar.
CNG driver Liton, 28, died on spot while Ruhul Amin, a passenger was seriously injured.