A housewife riding pillion on her husband's bike and a differently abled woman pedestrian died after the biker ploughed into two passersby in Chattogram district on Wednesday.
The identities of the deceased couldn’t be known yet.
The accident occurred in Sitakunda when the biker crashed into two pedestrians while trying to save his wife from falling off after he lost control of the speeding two-wheeler, police said.
The differently abled woman died on the spot, while the biker's wife died during treatment at a hospital.
The biker and another pedestrian also sustained serious injuries in the crash, and are being treated at Imperial Hospital, said Nazmul Haque, officer In-charge of Baro Auliya highway police station.
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