Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district early Friday.
Of the deceased, one was the truck driver and another was the bus passenger but their identities could not be known immediately.
Police said a Rangpur-bound bus hit a potato-laden truck on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Shathibari area around 4.30 am, leaving the duo dead on the spot and six others injured.
The injured were admitted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital said Baradarga Highway Police Station officer in-charge Shahjahan Ali.