Three people including a woman and her son were killed when a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Manikganj on Wednesday.
Fifteen others were also injured in the incident that took place around 2pm.
Two of the deceased were identified as Hasna Begum, 50, and her son Hafizul Islam, 35, of Nischintapur village in Tangail. Identity of another victim could not be known immediately.
Abdur Rauf Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said the accident occurred when the Dhaka-bound “Village Line Paribahan” bus hit a tree after its driver lost control over steering, leaving two people dead on the spot and 16 others injured.
However, one of the injured died on way to hospital and the rest were admitted to 250-bed Sadar Hospital.
On information, police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene.