Rajshahi, Jan. 26 -- Three people including a university student have been killed when a bus ran hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Pollapukur area on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Putia upazila of Rajshahi.

The deceased were Shanto Islam, a third-year student of EEE Department at Barendra University in Rajshahi and son of Abul Hossain of Baripara in Putia upazila.

Identities of two other deceased-a man and a woman, both around 40 years old-could not be known.

Six injured victims were taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Paba highway police Officer-in-Charge Mozammel Haque Kazi said the auto-rickshaw was heading towards Putia when it was crushed by a bus coming from the opposite direction around 5 pm on Sunday,

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