Two people were killed and three others injured as a sand-loaded lorry run over them at Balibazar area of Sadar upazila of Netrakona district early Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Selim Mia, 28, of Sadar upazila, and Emdad Mia, 30, son of Mokshed Mia, from Bali village of Netrokona.
Netrokona Model Police Station sub-inspector (SI) Rafiqul Islam said, a sand-laden lorry ran over them in Mouzebali area on the Netrakona-Madan road around 5 am when they were taking heat by igniting bonfires beside the road and fell in the roadside ditch, leaving two dead on the spot and three others injured.
