The driver of an auto-rickshaw driver and another person were killed as a speeding bus hit the auto-rickshaw in front of Deohata overbridge under Mirzapur upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Rahij Sikder, 46, son of Azim Uddin of Ranashal village in Gorai union, and Abdul Hamid, 60, son of Azgar Ali of Deohata village in Mirzapur upazila.
The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Tangail highway when a Tangail-bound bus hit the autorickshaw, leaving its driver and passenger critically injured. They were taken to Kumudini Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
Mirzapur Gorai Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sohel Sarwar said the autorickshaw driver tried to enter the overbridge from the opposite lane when the speeding bus collided with it.
The bodies will be handed over to their families after completion of legal formalities, he added.
