Three people, including a madrasa student, were killed and 17 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Talukdar Bazar in Kamarkhand Upazila of Sirajganj on early Sunday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Shaheed Alam, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge Paschim Police Station, said a Dhaka-bound bus, carrying madrasa students, collided with a truck on Bangabandhu Bridge Paschim connecting highway, leaving three dead on the spot and 17 others injured around 2:30 am.

On information, police recovered the bodies and took the injured to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib 250-Bed General Hospital.

Police seized the bus and truck but their drivers managed to flee, the OC added.