SIRAJGANJ, June 15, 2023 (BSS)- Three people, including a woman and her son, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Nalka Bridge area under Solanga Police Station of the district today.

The deceased were identified as Chanbanu, 50, wife of Mannan Mandal, resident of Gajail area under Ullapara upazila, Dolly Akter, 25, wife of Ripon Sheikh, resident of Fazal Khan Road area under Sadar upazila and her seven-month-old son Nihan Sheikh. All of them were the passengers of the auto rickshaw.

The accident occurred in the area when a CNG-run auto rickshaw was heading towards Sirajganj with some passengers and a Hatikunrul-bound bus coming from the opposite direction hit the auto rickshaw around 7:30am, leaving one passenger dead on the spot and five others injured, officer-in-charge(OC) of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station Badrul Kabir said.

Later, the injured other passengers in the CNG were sent to Sirajganj 250-Bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital where the mother and son died while undergoing treatment, he said.

The bodies were sent to Sirajganj 250-bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Police seized the bus and CNG-run auto rickshaw from the spot.

A case was filed in the connection, the OC added.