3 killed in Gazipur road crash

Three people were killed and three others injured as a bus of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) hit them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Sreepur upazila in Mymensingh this morning.

One of the deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid, 54, of Faridpur village of the upazila, while the identity of the other victim could not be known immediately, reports our Gazipur correspondent.

The driver of the Dhaka-bound BRTC bus from Netrokona lost control over the steering and hit the people while they were waiting for buses at Nayanpur Bazar in the area around 8:45pm.

The driver of the bus fled leaving two dead on the spot, Helalul Islam officer-in-charge of Mawna highway police out post told our correspondent.

One of the injured was taken at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.

Protesting the death, mobs blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for at least half an hour, causing at least two kilometres of tailback on both sides of the highway.

On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control around 9:00am.