GAZIPUR, March 23, 2025 (BSS) - Two people were killed in a road accident in Pubail area of the city this morning.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

The accident occurred near Nimtoli Bridge on the Tongi-Ghorashal-Sylhet regional highway when a covered van hit a battery-run auto rickshaw from opposite direction, leaving two rickshaw passengers dead on the spot, said Amirul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Pubail Police Station.

Police recovered the bodies and sent to Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.