Sirajganj: Three women were killed and 23 other people injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus on the western side of the Bangabandhu Bridge connecting road at Choirgati in Kamarkhanda, Sirajganj early Saturday.

Among three deceased, one was known as China Begum, resident of Patharkhada village, Kurigram. Identities of the left could not be known immediately.

Bangabandhu Bridge (West) Police Station officer-in-charge (investigation) Mostafizur Rahman said a Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Anik Paribahan’ from Rangpur collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction in the area at about 2:30am, leaving three women, passengers of the bus, dead on the spot and 23 other people injured.

The injured were admitted to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital and different clinics.

Police seized the truck while its driver and helper managed to flee the scene.

A case was filed in this connection.