Two people, including a woman, were killed and four more injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a CNG-run autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Dakshin Surma upazila of Sylhet on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Nazma Begum, 43, wife of Sona Mia of Companiganj upazila of the district and autorickshaw driver Mansur Ali, 27, son of Dhanai Mia of Pirer Bazar Borni village of the same district’s Bishwanath upazila.
Witnesses said the upazila-bound autorickshaw from Sylhet city collided with a pickup van coming from the opposite direction on the highway in Lalbazar area, leaving six people injured.
Locals rescued the injured and sent them to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where the duo breathed their last.
Confirming the matter, the hospital police outpost’s in-charge Jafar Imam said the bodies were kept at the morgue for autopsy.