Two people were killed and another two injured in a road accident at Sadar upazila in Madaripur district on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Sumon Sheikh, 35, son of Haider Sheikh, a resident of Debraj village and Sajjad Hossain, 45, son of Razzak Matubbar, of Kharchhara area in the upazila.
Quoting locals, police said a Chattogram-bound bus rammed into an easy-bike on the Sheikh Hasina road at Khadi area around 9:00am, leaving the easy-bike driver Sumon dead on the spot and three severely injured.
The injured were rushed to Madaripur Sadar Hospital.
Later, critically injured Sajjad was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and he succumbed to his injuries on the way to Dhaka.
The agitated people blocked the road and demanded justice over it, later, they seized the bus and set to fire it.
Being informed, firefighters went to the spot and doused the fire, said Madaripur Fire Service deputy assistant director Mofazzal Hossain.
Madaripur Sadar Police Station officer in-charge Md Kamrul Islam Miah said being informed, police rushed to spot and brought the situation under control.
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