Shawdesh Desk:

Two workers of a readymade garment factory were killed and three others injured when a pick-up van hit an auto-rickshaw on Uthra-Sagardighi road at Hatiber in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Asma Akter, 35, and Shirina Akter, 38.

The accident occurred at about 6:00am when the poultry-laden pick-up van hit the auto-rickshaw, leaving the two dead on the spot and three others injured, said Shah Kamal Akanda, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka Model Police Station.

The injured were taken to Bhaluka Upazila Health complex.

On information, police recovered the bodies.