Three people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Saturday morning.

The deceased are: Naser, 60, Solaiman, 51, the passengers of a micro-bus and a passerby Monika, 47, police said.

They died on the spot in the accident which took place when the micro-bus plunged into a roadside pond in Bashbaria union as its driver lost control over the steering, Md Moniruzzaman, in-charge of Kumira Highway Police outpost said.

Five others people were injured, he added.

On information, police recovered the bodies from the spot.

The injured were admitted to local hospitals, Moniruzzaman added.