Two friends travelling on a bike were killed in a collision with a speeding truck on the busy Faridpur-Barishal highway in the district's Bhanga upazila on Friday night, police said. The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 45, an officer with the Department of Social Services and son of Yunus Mia, and Wahiduzzaman, 40, son of Abdur Rashid of Noapara in the upazila. The accident occurred around 9.15pm when the truck carrying goods crashed into the bike, leaving Anwar dead on the spot and Wahiduzzaman injured, said Omar Faruk, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police. READ: Bogura road crash leaves 5 dead The injured was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries a little later, he said. A probe has been ordered into the accident, the OC added. READ: 2  bus drivers held over Moghbazar road crash

At least eight people, including a woman and a child, were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Madhukhali and Bhanga upazilas of Faridpur district on Sunday.

Nagarkanda municipality mayor Nimai Chandra Sarkar was seriously injured while his wife, son and a party colleague were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna highway on Wednesday night, police said.