<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Three people, including two high school students, were killed and another was critically injured as a speeding bus crashed into a three-wheeler, locally known as Borak, on the Bhola-Char Fasson road in Doulatkhan upazila on Friday morning, police said.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deceased were identified as Rima Akter, 17, Shikha, and Md Abdul Kalam, 55, from Joynahar union of the upazila.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rima and Shikha were second-year students of Halima Khatun Mahila College.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The accident occurred around 9.15am when the Char Fasson-bound bus of Shyamoli Paribahan hit the three-wheeler in the Uttar Uddin area, killing three people on the spot and leaving the vehicle's driver critically injured, Md Jakir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Doulatkhan police station.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The driver was rushed to Bhola Sadar Hospital; he is still not out of the woods.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bus driver and his assistant were detained in connection with the accident, Jakir said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>