Three people including a couple were killed and 17 others injured when a bus plunged into a road side ditch at Talukdar Bazar in Kamarkhand upazila on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Jony, 28 and his wife Bonnya, 21---both worked in a garments factory in Dhaka and Shapla Khatun, 27, wife of Rashed of Saghata upazila in Gaibandha district.
The accident occurred at noon when the bus of ‘Shah Fateh Ali’ from Sonatala in Bogura district fell into a roadside ditch after hitting a motorbike, leaving three people dead on the spot and 17 others injured, said officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station Syed Shahid Alam.
On information, police and firefighters rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.
Of the injured, 12 were sent to a local hospital.
Traffic movement on the road remained suspended for half an hour following the accident.