Photo: BSS

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 15, 2025 (BSS) - Three people, including an elderly woman and her daughter-in-law, were killed and at least five others injured in a road accident at Hasandhandi Pathanpool near Dohazari on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway under Chandanaish upazila of the district this morning.

The accident occurred around 11:10 am when a Chattogram-bound passenger bus of Eagle Paribahan rammed into two CNG-run autorickshaws, leaving three dead on the spot, police and local sources said.

All the deceased and injured were passengers of the autorickshaws.

The deceased were identified as Fatema Begum ,75 , and her daughter-in-law Shamima Akter , 42 , residents of Kazi Bari under Chandanaish municipality, and Md Sharif , 26 , a medical representative of a private pharmaceutical company hailed from Mymensingh district.

The injured are currently undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahbub Alam of Dohazari Highway Police Station confirmed the incident and said the bus has been seized from the spot.