GAZIPUR: At least two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Hijoltoli area under Kaliakoir Upazila of the district early Tuesday.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Gorai Highway Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Humayun Kabir told banglanews that a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a covered van in the area around 6:00am left one passenger dead on the spot and three others injured.

Police and fire service men rescued the injured and took to Kaliakoir Health Complex where one succumbed to his injuries, he added.

BDST: 0905 HRS, OCT 06, 2015
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