Two persons were killed in a road accident at Sujatpur bridge near Chiora union on the Dhaka- Chittagong Highway in Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla on Wednesday morning, reports BSS.
The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam, 33, and his pregnant wife Rumi Akhter, 19. SI of Miabari Highway Police Outpost Abu Bakkar Siddique said the accident occurred when a Noakhali-bound microbus fell into a roadside ditch.
as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the duo dead on the spot.
Highway police and fire service officials rushed to the spot, rescued the bodies and sent the injured to Chauddagram Upazila Health Complex.
Later, the injured driver shifted to Cumilla Medical College as his condition deteriorated and the bodies have been kept in the hospital morgue,the police outpost officials confirmed.