Faridpur: Two people were killed and seven others injured in a head‐on collision between a local bus and a utility vehicle on the Dhaka‐Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased are Md Hasan Khan, around 32 years, a resident of Saltha upazila in Faridpur and Liton Sheikh, in his thirties, a  resident of Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah.

Md Nizamul Islam, a sub‐inspector of Kanaipur Highway Police Camp, said the accident took place when the Kamarkhali‐bound bus collided with the human‐hauler around 8:15am in front of Kanaipur Rural Electricity Society, leaving the two dead.

The injured were taken to Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.

Meanwhile, police arrested the bus driver.