Gaibandha: Three pedestrians were killed while 15 passengers of a bus were injured as the bus overturned on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at Fasitola in Gobindaganj upazila on Monday night.

The deceased are Ismail Hossain, resident of Masta village of the upazila; his wife Tara Begum, and Alim Miah, 40, from the same village.

Local people said the Rangpur-bound bus of Hanif Enterprise plunged as its driver lost control over the wheels while trying to overtake another bus of the same company on the highway at about 9:00pm, leaving 18 people injured, including pedestrians Ismail, his wife Tara Begum and Kazem Uddin.

The Gaibandha Highway police said five of the injured were taken to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medcal College Hospital where Islail, Tara and Kazem succumbed to their injuries later on Tuesday morning.