Three people were killed and three others injured as a bus rammed a trolley on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Airport Police Station area of in Barishal Saturday afternoon.
The deceased are Emdadul Haque, 38, son of Abul Kalam Howlader of Kashipur union, Nadeem Howlader, 12 , son of Md Sentu Howlader of Rahmatpur Badamtala area and Sinbad of the same area.
However, the identities of the injured could not be known immediately.
Lokman Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Biman Bandar police station, said that the accident occurred at about 2:00pm when the bus of Goon Goon Paribahan crashed into the trolley in Choy Mile Road area, leaving two people dead on the spot.
The injured were rushed to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College where doctors declared one of them dead upon arrival.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the hospital morgue for autopsies.
Police seized the bus but the driver and his helper managed to flee the scene, added the OC.
