Sonargaon Correspondent:

Two friends were killed in a road accident in Tipurdi area under Sonargaon upazila of the district last night.

The deceased were Kamruzzaman Tutul, 41, son of Badiuzzaman and Habib, 39, son of Abdul Baten, hailed from Nandipara area in Dhaka.

The accident took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway when a bus hit a motorcycle, leaving the bike rider Tutul dead on the spot and Habib injured critically, said Kazi Wahid Morshed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kanchpur Highway Police.

Injured Habib was sent to Sonargaon Upazila Health Complex where he succumbed to his injuries, the OC said.