3 killed in B'baria road accident

Three people have been killed and five injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a power tiller at Bijoynagar upazila Brahmanbaria.

The deceased have been identified as Akter Mia, 50, of Chara Islampur village, Mohammad Ramzan Ali, 60, and Shariat Ullah, 30, son of Habib Miah, in Bijoynagar upazila.

Officer-in-Charge of Bijoynagar Police Station Md Atiqur Rahman confirmed the accident.

He said a Sylhet-bound bus of Satata Paribahan collided head-on with a power tiller in Rampur area near Jamuna Bricks at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, leaving three passengers of the power tiller dead on the spot.

Five bus passengers, received injuries in the accident, were sent to hospital.