Three people were killed and 20 others were injured in a road crash involving a bus, a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Alinagar in Bijoynazar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday, said police.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 6 pm, leaving three people dead on the spot and 20 others injured, said Sukhendo Ghosh, officer-in-charge of Highway Police Station.
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On information, police rushed to the spot and conducted the rescue operation.
Vehicular movement on the highway came to a halt for some time following the accident.