CHATTOGRAM, July 26, 2023 (BSS) - Two people were killed and three others, including two kids of a family, injured in a road accident that took place near Hadifakir Hat Bazar under Mirsarai upazila here this morning. 
 
The deceased were identified as car driver Mahbub, 35, and passenger Md Mainuddin, 38, both of them hailed from Burichong upazila in Cumilla district. 
 
The incident took place as a Dhaka-bound car collided with a truck parked on the roadside in the aforesaid area at around 6 am, leaving two people dead and injured three others, said Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kumira Highway Police Station, quoting locals.
 
Mainuddin's wife Mousumi, 32, and her two sons - Mezba Uddin, 08 and Mahatab Uddin, 05 - were injured in the accident. They are undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). 
 
The bodies were sent to the CMCH morgue for autopsy.
 Police detained the vehicles, he added.