3 killed as bus hits tree in Khagrachari

At least three people including a woman and a child were killed and 10 others injured as a bus hit a tree after it skidded off the road in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari this morning.

The deceased were identified as Tarequl Islam, 20, Ripon Akter, 24, and Jannatul Ferdous, 4. All of them were residents of Guimara upazila, our local correspondent reports.

The incident took place at Kalapani area of the upazila around 9:30am, said Safiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Guimara Police Station.

The injured were sent to Manikchhari Upazila Health Complex for treatment, he added.

The identities of the injured could not be known immediately.