Three people were killed when a bus hit a motorcycle in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali today.

The deceased who were on the motorcycle could not be identified immediately.

The accident took place at Amkhola around 11:00am when a bus knocked down a motorcycle carrying three riders, said Harun-or-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Galachipa Police Station.

The motorcycle plunged into a roadside ditch, leaving two riders spot dead and one critically injured, the police official said.

Later, the injured were rushed to Patuakhali Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

On information, police rushed visited the spot and sent the two bodies to the hospital morgue.