Three persons killed, three injured in accident

Three persons were killed and three others seriously injured when a bus rammed in an auto-rickshaw at a place in North 24 Pargana district today.

Police said the accident occurred when the bus hit the auto-rickshaw while taking a turn at Taltala Minichi under Minakha police station.

The passengers of the auto-rickshaw, including a woman, was among those killed.

The injured were sent to a hospital at Basirhat.

The driver of the bus, which was travelling from Dhamakali to Malncha, was arrested, the police said.