Two people were killed and eight others injured as a bus overturned on Chattogram-Dhaka highway at Mirsarai in Chattogram around 10am on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified Md Foysal, 19, of Daudkandi in Cumilla and Santu Acharjya, 23, of Patia in Chattogram.
According to locals, a passenger-bus lost control and overturned in the area. Later, local people rushed the injured people to the hospital and the doctors declared two of them dead.
Jakir Hossain, Duty Officer of Kumira Highway Police Station, said they seized the bus and its helper and driver managed to flee away.