Three people, including two members of a family, were killed and four others injured as a bus hit CNG-run auto rickshaw in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Al Amin, 36, his elder sister Saleha Begum, 46, residents of Daudkandi upazila; and Rohana Akhter, 32, of Afarkanda village of Chandpur district.
According to police and locals, a Dhaka-bound bus hit the CNG-run autorickshaw at about 1.00pm on Dhaka-Chandpur regional highway in Kabichandradi area, leaving seven people injured.
Locals rescued the injured and took them to Gouripur Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared three people--Al Amin, Saleha Begum and Rohana Akhter--dead.
Relatives of the two victims said Al Amin took her sister to Dhaka to visit a doctor. They were returning to their house from Gouripur by a CNG-run autorickshaw in the afternoon, they said.
Relatives of the deceased said that Al Amin had taken his sister to see a doctor in Dhaka. After coming to Gouripur by bus from Dhaka in the afternoon, they were returning home in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw.
Daudkandi Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan said they seized the bus, however, driver and helper of the bus managed to flee the spot.
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