Three auto-rickshaw passengers were killed after being hit by a bus at Sadar upazila in Chandpur early Wednesday.
The deceased were Habibur Rahman, 25, fish trader Nesar Ahmed Hawlader, 25, and Mahabub Prodhania, 50.
Police said Baghdad Paribahan bus was heading towards Comilla. When it reached Ghosherhat on the Chandpur-Cumilla regional road, it crashed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw. The CNG then turned turtle and got twisted.
Three of its passengers died on the spot and one was injured who is now undergoing treatment at Chandpur Government General Hospital.
The police personnel seized the bus.