Magura: Two women were killed as a truck rammed a passenger-carrying van at Jagaldal village in Sadar upazila on Sunday noon.

The deceased were identified as Maya Das, 60, wife of Sudhir Das of Jagaldal village, and Durga Das, 55, wife of Kalu Biswas of Mirzapur village in Narail district.

Officer-in-charge of Magura Police Station Azmal Huda said the soil-laden truck crashed into the van in front of Jagaldal College after its driver lost his control over the steering, leaving two passengers of the van dead on the spot and two others injured.

The truck driver managed to run away after the incident.

A case was filed with Magura Police Station in this connection, the OC added.

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