Comilla: Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus crashed into a roadside tree on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila of Comilla early Thursday.

The identities of the deceased could not yet be known.

Quoting local people, in-charge of Eliotganj police camp SI Manirul Islam said the accident took place around 12:15am near Palki Cinema Hall as a Chandpur-bound Padma Express bus from Dhaka hit a tree as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving two people dead on the spot and 10 others injured.

The injured were taken to different hospitals and clinics.