2 killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

Two people were killed when a human hauler overturned on Rahanpur-Adda road at Bongpur in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Saturday night, UNB reports.

The deceased are Sultana, 42, wife of Anwar Hossain of Rahanpur municipality area and Mehedi Hasan, 45, son of Ketab Uddin of Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon district.

The accident occurred around 8:00 pm when a human hauler overturned after being hit by a truck in the area, leaving eight passengers of the human hauler injured, said Dilip Kumar, officer-in-charge of Gomastapur Police Station.

The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared two of them dead.