Two local leaders of the ruling Awami League were killed and two others sustained injuries when their car crashed into a lorry at Pahartali of Chattogram city Monday, police said.

The deceased AL leaders were identified as Mohammad Nasir, 40, general secretary of Awami League Baraiadhala No 2 Ward of Sitakunda Upazila; and Jubo League President of the same ward Mohammad Kamal Uddin.

The injured Raju Chowdhury, 60, president of Banshbaria Union Awami League and Ismail Hossain, 65, president of Ward No. 2 Awami League, are undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital.

The accident occured in the afternoon at the toll road area of Pahartali police station in Chattogram city, when the lorry crashed into the car coming from the opposite direction, said M Sabuj, sub-inspector (SI) of Pahartali Police Station.

The impact of the crash was enough that one died on the spot and another died after being taken to the hospital.

"The injured are being treated at the hospital," he said, adding that both the vehicles, or at least what was left of them, were seized.