, March 20 -- Two people, including a woman, were killed and at least 15 others injured when a passenger bus hit two auto-rickshaws in Bhaluka on Friday afternoon.

The accident occurred in front of Tafrid Cotton Mill in the Club Bazar area on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

According to police and local sources, a bus coming from Dhaka lost control in the area and rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw.

A woman died on the spot as the CNG auto-rickshaw was mangled in the crash. At least 15 passengers of the bus and the auto-rickshaws were injured.

Another person succumbed to injuries on the way to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex.

The injured...