MYMENSINGH, – Four people were killed as a bus hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Highway in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh this morning.

The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Rafikul Islam, 55, Chahara Banu, 62, Lal Miah, 50, and Rabeya Khatun, 75, police sources said.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gouripur police station Borhan Uddin said the accident took place when the Mymensingh-bound bus hit the auto-rickshaw, leaving Chhahara Banu dead on the spot. Three critically injured people were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctors declared them dead.

Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee away from the spot.