Barishal: Three bus passengers were killed and 10 others injured as a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Baichkhola in Gouronadi upazila on Thursday afternoon, reports the UNB.

One the deceased was identified as Laton Rari, 42, a resident of Bamrail area of Ujirpur upazila.

Sheikh Atiar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Gouronadi highway police station, said that the accident took place around 2pm when the driver of ‘BMF Paribahan’ bus lost control over the steering and hit the tree, leaving three bus passengers dead on the spot and around 10 others injured.

Being rescued, the injured were admitted to a local hospital.