Three people were killed and 10 others were injured as a bus and a micro-bus collided head-on on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway at Keutkhali of Shreenagar upazila, Munshiganj yesterday afternoon.
The deceased were Md Azhar, 55, of Louhajong upazila, his wife Sufia Begum, 40, and his sister Rahima Begum, 35. All of them were passengers of the micro-bus.
Police said a Mawa-bound bus of Swadhin Paribahan and a micro-bus collided head-on at about 12:30apm. Azhar and his wife died on the spot while Azhar’s sister Rahima Begum died after she was taken to Lauhajong Upazila Health Complex.
In-Charge of Hashara Police Outpost Sub-Inspector Mohammad Hasan said bodies were kept at Hashara police outpost.
In Gopalganj, a seven-year-old boy was killed as a car knocked down him from behind while he was crossing the Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Kashiania in the morning.
