Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in South Surma on Saturday.
The victims, Ruhul Amin, 26, son of Anjab Ullah of village Islampur in Jagannathpur, and Abdul Mukit, 40, son of Abdus Sattar of village Bhabanipur in the same upazila, died on the spot.
Four others, including the driver and a woman, were injured.
Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of South Surma Police Station, said that the accident occurred at about 7:30pm at Lalabazar in South Surma when a Sylhet-bound passenger bus struck the oncoming auto-rickshaw.
Local people quickly responded, rescuing the injured passengers and driver and sent them to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital for treatment.
According to the police, the victims had rented the auto-rickshaw for a trip to Jagannathpur when the collision occurred.
The OC confirmed that investigations were ongoing to determine the cause of the crash.