At least three people were killed and around 15 injured as a picnic bus fell into a roadside ditch at Zinglatoli  area on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Saturday morning.

The victims were identified as Shafiqul Islam, Shahin Mullah and Ramjan Ali.

Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Daudkandi Highway Police Station, said the accident took place around 7:45am when the Dhaka-bound Khadiza VIP Paribahan bus skidded off the road and fell into the  roadside ditch, leaving the trio dead on the spot and 15 others injured.