Two passengers including a woman were killed and at last 50 others injured when a bus skidded off the road and turned turtle at Satmile area of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia, about 246kms from Dhaka, the capital city, on Saturday.

The mishap occurred when the bus was on its way to Pirojpur from Kurigram, said police station Officer-in-charge.

The deceased are Abdul Majid and Umed Ali. One of the deceased passengers died on the spot and another died on his way to hospital.

The injured were taken to Kushtia General Hospital.