The district records 40.8 degrees Celsius, the highest this seasons
The incident took place on Mymensingh-Tangail highway around 7:15am in Muktagacha Upazila’s Satrasia neighbourhood on Wednesday, said Ali Ahmed Mollah, chief of the Muktagacha Police Station.
The dead were the passengers of the autorickshaw.
One of the dead has been identified as autorickshaw driver Rajan Roy, 28, a resident of the Upazila’s Pilkhana village. Identities of two others could not be known immediately.
The injured were taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
The three died on the scene after a microbus coming from the opposite direction collided head-on with an autorickshaw heading for Mymensingh, according to the police.