Two killed in Sunamganj road accident

SYLHET, Mar 24 (BSS): Two persons were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Muktirgaon Notunbridge Point on Sylhet-Chhatak road under Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday evening.

The deceased were Md. Shahinur Islam, 34, son of Noab Ali of Karchkhali village in Kalaruka union, and Humayun Rashid, 32, son of Faruk Mia of the same village.

The accident took place in the area when a speedy motorcycle hit a roadside standing truck as it was crossing an auto-rickshaw, leaving its rider and co riders critically injured, said Mukhlesur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chhatak Police Station.

The injured were taken to Chhatak Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctors declared two of them dead.

After autopsy, the bodies were handed over to the deceased's family members Monday, the OC added.