Comilla: Two women were killed and two people injured as a private car ran over them on the Dhaka‐Chittagong highway in Chandina bus stand area on Sunday morning.

The deceased are Parul Begum, in her forties, wife of Idris Miah, a resident of Madhyamtala village in Chandina upazila, and Nurjahan Begum, in her fifties, wife of Rabiullah, a resident of Bagur village in Debidar upazila of Comilla.

Sub‐inspector Manirul Islam of Eliotganj highway police camp said Parul and Nurjahan died on the spot after the private car hit them when they were standing on the highway at about 8:30pm.

The injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.