Four people were killed and two others injured after an auto-rickshaw got twisted being hit by a bus at Chandina upazila in Cumilla district on Monday.
Three of the deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Habibur Rahman, 28, Tonni Akter, 20, and her daughter Muntaha, 2.
Mainamati Highway Crossing Police Station officer in-charge Akul Chandra Bishwas said a Chattogram-bound bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Katherpool area at about 11:00 am, leaving the auto-rickshaw twisted.
Two passengers died on the spot and four others, including its driver, sustained injuries.
Two others succumbed to their injuries on the way to a local hospital. The rest of the injured were taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital as their condition deteriorated further.
The death toll may rise further, the OC added.
