Two people were killed on Sunday as a Sylhet-bound microbus lost control and plunged into a roadside ditch off the Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Osmaninagar upazila.

The deceased were identified as microbus driver Marzan Ahmed, 32, from South Surma upazila and passenger Syed Lutfur Rahman, 45, from Brahmanbaria.

The accident occurred around 5 am as the bus lost control near an area named 19 mile and fell into the ditch, said Parimal Chandra Deb, Officer-in-Charge of Sherpur highway police station.

Being informed, highway police recovered the bodies from the spot and sent them for autopsy, said the OC.