At least three people were killed and two others injured in a head-on a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Baluchora area of the city early today.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Nurul Islam, sub-inspector of Bayezid Bostami Police Station, said that the accident took place when the truck hit the auto-rickshaw on Chittagong-Hathazari road around 12:45am, leaving three auto-rickshaw passengers dead on the spot and two others, including the driver, critically injured.

The injured were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.