Joypurhat Correspondent:

Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Bansher Bridge area under Kalai upazila of the district on Wednesday.

The deceased were Mofazzal Hossain Mondal, 40, son of late Lokman Hossain and Idris Ali, 60, son of late Shahabuddin, both residents of Bhugoil village of the upazila.

The accident took place on the Joypurhat-Bogura highway when a private car collided head-on with a battery-run van, leaving two van passengers dead on the spot and two others injured, said Zahid Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Kalai Police Station.

The injured were taken to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura.