At least two people were killed and five others injured as a speedy bus overturned on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Choto Kamaldaha under Mirsharai in Chattogram on Wednesday.
The deceased are as Md Faisal, 19, son of Humayun Kabir, of Daodkandi area in Cumilla and Shanta Acharjee, 23, son of Swapan Acharjee, of Mujaffarabad of Patiya in Chattogram, Mohammad Abdullah, officer-in-charge of Kumira highway police, said.
The accident occurred as a bus of Shadhin Bangla Paribahan overturned at Choto Kamaldaha area at about 10:00am, leaving two killed on the spot and five others injured, the OC said.
The bodies were recovered and sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he said.
The police officer said that the bus was seized but its driver and assistant fled, he added.
