Bus, auto-rickshaw collide killing 3 in Comilla

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Three people, including two women, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Natherpetua on the Comilla-Noakhali regional highway in Monohorganj upazila on Tuesday morning. Sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman, in-charge of Lalmai highway police camp, said the accident took place at about 7:00am when the Noakhali-bound bus collided with the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction, leaving a woman dead on the spot and five other people critically injured. Another woman and a man died on way to Comilla Medical College Hospital Three others injured were admitted to the hospital. All the victims were riders of the auto-rickshaw. — Comilla, Apr 12 (UNB)

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