Mymensingh: Three people, including two women, were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Gangashram area of Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh on Saturday afternoon.

Two of the deceased are Fatema Begum, 22, and Shariful Islam, 35.

Another deceased could not be identified immediately.

Gouripur police officer-in-charge Akhter Murshed said the Kishoreganj-bound bus collided with the truck in the area at about 1:00pm, leaving a woman dead on the spot and 17 people critically injured.

The injured were taken to Ishwarganj health complex where Fatema Begum died.

Later, the injured were shifted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where Shariful succumbed to his injuries.

Police seized the bus and the truck.