Three people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bogra Simabari Bazar in Sherpur upazila of Bogra early today.

Yunus Ali, additional director of Bogra Fire Service, said the Dhaka-bound bus of 'Rashed-Rakib Paribahan' from Gaibandha skidded off the road and fell into the ditch around 1:30am after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the trio dead on the spot and its 30 other passengers injured.

On information, six fire-fighting units from Sherpur, Sadar upazilas and Sirajganj district rushed to the spot and rescued the injured.

The injured were admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital and Sherpur Upazila Health Complex.