CUMILLA, Nov 8, 2024 (BSS) - Two siblings were killed and three others injured as a bus hit them on the Cumilla-Sylhet regional highway in the Chagura area under Debidwar upazila here.

The deceased are Junayed, 12, and his sister Fahima Akter, 9. Both of them are the children of Jahangir Alam of Hossainpur village under Debidwar upazila of the district.

The accident occurred in the area when they were going to Sogura form Hossainpur on an auto rickshaw. On the way, a Cumilla-bound bus of New Sugandha Paribahan hit the auto rickshaw in the Chagura area around 8:30pm last night, leaving Junayed dead on the spot and four others, including father of the two children, injured, said Superintendent of Police of Cumilla Region of Highway Police Khairul Alam.

Of the injured, Fahima Akter died on the way to a hospital.

The bodies were sent to Cumilla Hospital for postmortem examination, he added.