Three people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus plunged into a road side ditch on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Kalitala in Salanga upazila of Sirajganj today.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

BM Emdadul Haque, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said the Rangpur-bound bus of "Saikat Paribahan" fell into a roadside ditch after its driver lost control over around 3pm, leaving three passengers dead on the spot and 25 others injured.

The injured were rushed to a local hospital, he added.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent to sadar hospital morgue for autopsy.

A case was filed in this connection.