Two people were killed and four others were injured after a speeding bus hit a CNG-run autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Bogra highway in the Hamchayapur area of Bogra’s Sherpur upazila on Thursday.
One of the deceased was identified as the driver of the three-wheeler, Abdul Based, 30, son of Shahar Uddin from Birail village of Sherpur upazila’s Mirzapur union.
The identity of the other deceased could not be known immediately, said Shahadat Hossain, sub-inspector (SI) of Sherpur highway police outpost.
He said the accident occurred when the bus rammed into the three-wheeler while giving side to a motorcycle coming from the wrong direction.
The collision left six people on the three-wheeler critically injured.
All of them were taken to Sherpur Upazila Health Complex for treatment where one of the injured was declared dead upon arrival.
The rest were transferred to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMC) where another person breathed his last a while later.
The remaining four are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Although the bus driver and his helper managed to flee, police seized the bus, said AKM Baniul Anam, in-charge of Sherpur highway police outpost.