Dhaka, June 1 -- At least two workers have been killed in a road accident in Barura upazila of Comilla district.

The accident occurred at 8:30 pm on the Cumilla-Chandpur Highway in Bashpur on Saturday.

Police Superintendent Khairul Alam of Cumilla Region Highway Police said five to six other workers were also injured in the accident, reports bdnews24.com.

Mohammad Adel Akbar, chief of Laksam Highway Police Station, said that a pick-up truck carrying some workers was travelling to Cumilla's Padua Bazar from Barura's Bizra Bazar. It also carried construction machines and other equipment. An unidentified vehicle coming from the opposite direction hit the pick-up truck hard when it reached Bashpur, and some of the workers were tossed off t...