At least two persons were killed and another was injured as a bus ran over them on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Jamaldi bus stand area at Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Ismail Hossain, 35, son of Ali Miah of Kachua police station area in Chandpur, and Abul Kalam Mollah, 26, son of Muslim Mollah of the same area.
The injured was identified as Belal, 25, of Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj.
The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus coming from Cumilla hit the victims, who were waiting there for bus to go to their respective destinations, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Gazaria Bhaber char Highway Police Outpost Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Salah Uddin.
Being informed, police rushed to the spot and tried to stop the killer-bus but it was not possible, he said, adding that it was assumed that the mishap happened due to intense fog amid the ongoing cold weather.
He informed that the bodies of the deceased are kept at Bhaber char outpost while the injured Belal is being treated at a local private hospital.
All the victims were hoteliers or hotel businessmen, said Sumon Miah, the brother of the deceased Ismail Hossain, adding that they were going to Dhaka’s Jatrabari area to buy hotel goods.
