Two people were killed as a covered van crushed them on the Jashore-Benapole Highway early Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Nasiruddin, 62, a retired college teacher hailed from Gatipara village under Benapole Port Thana and Ali Bax, 66, a night guard of a local NGO.
Local people said the accident occurred around 5 am when they were crossing the Highway to reach a mosque at Navaron. They were brought at Jashore General Hospital where the duty-doctors declared them dead.
In-charge of Navaron Highway Police Camp Siddhartha Mollik confirmed the matter.
