Two people, including a freedom fighter, were killed in two separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Freedom Fighter Abdul Sattar Sarker, 85, son of Kochir Sarker of Madaripur Sadar upazila, and Obaidur Khondokar, 35, son of Akman Khondokar of Sultanshahi village in Gopalganj Sadar upazila.
S M Muntasir Mahamud, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bhatiapara Highway Police Station, said FF Abdul Sattar Sarker was traveling to Mongla in Bagerhat on a pickup truck carrying household goods.
Near Ghonapara Eye Hospital, the driver lost control and rammed another pickup truck from behind. Sattar Sarker fell onto the road, sustained severe injuries, and was declared dead upon arrival at Gopalganj General Hospital, he said.
In a separate incident at Bijoypasha bus stand area, a truck ran over pedestrian Obaidur Khondokar, leaving him dead on the spot.
Police recovered his body and sent it to the hospital morgue for an autopsy.