Five passengers and the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed as it was run over by a bus in Tarakanda upazila of Mymesningh this afternoon.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be known, our local correspondent reports quoting Mazharul Huq, officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Police Station.

A Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Imam Paribahan’ ran over the CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Kakni area on Sherpur-Mymensingh road around 3:15pm, leaving five dead on the spot and one injured, the OC said.

The injured was whisked off to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in critical condition and was declared dead.

Police seized the bus immediately after the incident while its staff managed to flee, he added.