Picnic bus runs over child, 2 women in Ctg

Two women and a child were killed after a picnic bus ran them over on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila of Chittagong today.

The victims were identified as Sumita Rani, 28, her daughter Shibu Rani, 6, and Arefa Begum, 50, reports our Chittagong correspondent.

The Cox’s Bazar-bound bus from Chandpur ran over some bystanders who were waiting for transport around 12:30pm, said Bimol Chandra Bhowmick, officer-in-charge of Dohazari Highway Police Station.

The three were killed on the spot. The injured were rushed to Lohagara Upazila Health Complex.