A bus hit an auto rickshaw and killed three people including the driver and left three more injured in Pabna Sadar Upazila.
Published : 21 Apr 2015, 01:57 PM
Sadar Police Station OC Ahsanul Haque said the accident occurred on Pabna-Ishwardi road near the Upazila’s Atmail area on Tuesday morning.
The deceased are driver Monir Hossain, 30, ‘Rahima’, 55, and Jolly Khatun, 28.
Quoting the witnesses the OC said the autorickshaw parked by the road was hit by the bus coming from Ishwardi and that killed the three on the spot.
The injured were taken to the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospitals.
Local Union Chairman Hasan Imam told the reporters that officials from the Department of Narcotic Controls had stopped the autorickshaw to search it.
They had signaled the bus coming from the other side to halt as well. However, the bus failed to stop and hit the auto.
Right after the accident the officials of the narcotic department left the scene in a microbus, said the chairman.
However, the identity of the narcotic department officials could not be confirmed.