Cumilla, April 1 -- Three people died and at least 25 others were injured as a passenger crashed into an electric pole and a tree in Chandina upazila of Cumilla on Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Tuesday evening.

Baharul Islam, station master of Chandina Fire Service, said that a 'Tisha Plus' passenger bus was traveling from Dhaka to Cumilla when it lost control in Indrarchar around 6:30 pm.

The vehicle veered off the road and crashed into an electric pole and a tree, leaving one dead and 27 others injured.

Two of the injured succumbed to their injuries at a hospital.

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The identities of the deceased have not been confirmed yet, but all three were male.

The injured were initially treated at Chandi...