At least seven people including two children were killed as a bus rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla this evening.

The accident took place in Noahbazar area around 6:00pm, said Uttam Chakrabarty, officer-in-charge of the Chauddagram Police Station.

A Dhaka-bound bus of Unique Paribahan hit the auto-rickshaw from behind, leaving its seven passengers dead on the spot, the OC added.

Police seized the bus but its driver fled away, reports a correspondent from Daudkandi.