Comilla: Three Eid holidaymakers were killed when their bus fell into a roadside ditch at the Bishwa road near Alekkharchar area of Sadar upazila in Comilla on Wednesday morning.

Around 20 passengers of the bus were also injured. 

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured were admitted to several hospitals in Comilla.

The Maynamati Highway Police Officer-in-charge said a Dhaka-bound Hanif Paribahan bus from Chittagong plunged into a roadside ditch when driver lost his control over the steering on the Biswa Road and left two people on the spot.

Another injured passenger died on the way to Comilla Medical College Hospital.

Maynamati Highway Police Officer-in-charge Mahbubur Rahman said police seized the bus and took it to police station.