Three people, including a women, were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Bashbaria union of Sitakunda Upazila of Chittagong on Saturday morning.

Md Moniruzzaman, in-charge of Kumira Highway Police outpost said the accident took place in the area when a micro-bus plunged into a roadside pond as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving Md Naser, 60, Md Solaiman, 51, the passengers of the micro-bus and a passerby Monika, 47, dead on the spot and five others injured.

On information, police recovered the bodies from the spot.

The injured were admitted to local hospitals, Moniruzzaman added.