Two female tourists were killed and 10 others were injured when a tourist jeep (locally known as Chander Gari) plunged into a ditch in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Joynob, 24, and Firoja Khatun, 53. They were residents of Magura district.
Local people said that the road accident took place when a tourist jeep carrying the tourists fell into a roadside ditch around 11:00am in Darjiling Para area on Ruma-Keokradong road as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the women dead on the spot and injuring 10 others.
The tourists, boarded on the vehicle V-70 (Chander Gari), were returning to Bandarban after visiting different spots at Keokradong, the highest point of Bangladesh.
The injured were sent to Bandarban Sadar Hospital.
Ruma upazila nirbahi officer Syed Mahbubul Haque confirmed the incident.
