Two musicians die in highway road crash

Two musicians were killed and six injured as a lorry hit a microbus on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

The deceased were identified as Partha Pratim Guha (50) and Md Hanif (41), said police.

A musical troupe was going to Cox's Bazar from Dhaka by microbus to perform a show, said Sub-Inspector Ishaq Miah of Jorarganj Highway Police Outpost. On the way, a Dhaka-bound lorry hit it in Sonapahar around 5:20am.

On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the injured, said Ishaq, adding that Partha died on the spot while Hanif succumbed to his injuries at Chattogram Medical College Hospital around 7am.