Three people were killed and 18 others injured as a bus overturned in Habiganj’s Bahubal upazila this morning.

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent.

The Habiganj-bound bus from Sreemangal of Moulvibazar turned turtle on the road in Kamaichhara area around 8:30am after its driver lost control of the vehicle, said Muktadir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bahubal Police Station.

The accident left two female passengers of the bus and its helper dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Habiganj Sadar Hospital, while the injured were taken to Bahubal Health Complex and Sadar Hospital.