Dhaka, June 27 -- Two pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, have ben run over and killed by a truck as they were crossing the road in Gopalganj. Two other people, including a child, were injured in the same incident.

The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway around 12:30pm on Thursday in Muksudpur Upazila's Old Muksudpur, said Inspector Shital Chandra Pal.

The dead were identified as 30-year-old Rahima Begum, the pregnant wife of A Rahman from Faridpur's Boalmari, and 70-year-old Jamal Uddin, who also hailed from Boalmari.

Mehedi Hasan, station officer for the Muksudpur Fire Service, said that a sand-laden truck headed to Dhaka ran over four people in Old Muksudpur. Rahima was killed on the spot.

Jamal and three others were...