Joypurhat, March 19 -- Two people died and two others injured in a head-on collision between a private car and a battery-run passenger van in Khalai upazila of Joypurhat on Wednesday.

The accident happened on the Joypurhat-Bogura highway in the Basher Bridge area of the upazila in the afternoon, said Officer-in-Charge Zahid Hossain of Kalai Police Station.

The deceased were identified as van passengers Mofazzal Hossain Mondal (39) and Idris Ali (61). Both were residents of Bhugoil village of the upazila, he said.

The injured were identified as the van driver Nurul Islam Akand and passenger Ashraf Ali from Burail village.

After the incident, an angry mob detained the private car owner, but the driver fled the scene, the police official...