Two women were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Naruttampur in Banaripara upazila of Barisal on Friday morning.

One of the deceased was identified as Fatema, reports the UNB.

A Banaripara-bound bus collided with a human hauler coming from the opposite direction on Barisal-Banaripara road at around 9:45am, leaving two female passengers dead on the spot and three others, including human hauler driver and a child, injured, said Md Sajjad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Banaripara police station.

The injured were sent to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.