Noakhali: Three people were killed and 18 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Tinpukuria in Shenbagh upazila on Thursday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be known.

Harunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Shenbagh Police Station, said the accident took place around 9:30 am when a Laxmipur-bound ‘Jamuna Paribahan’ bus from Feni collided head-on with a Chittagong-bound bus, leaving three people dead on the spot and 18 others injured.

The injured were taken to a local hospital.