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2 killed, 4 injured as truck hits microbus in Cumilla

Two people were killed and four others injured when a truck hit a microbus in Cumilla on Sunday morning.

The accident took place on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Shahidnagar area in Daudkandi around 7:45am. 

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. They were the passengers of the microbus. 

The injured were admitted to Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex.

Jahangir Alam, Officer-in-charge of Daudkandi Highway Police Station, said the truck hit the microbus from behind in the area, leaving one person dead on the spot and five others injured. The injured rushed to the hospital where another person died there.