Shawdesh Desk: A couple was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Sujatpur in Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla on Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam and Rumi Akter.

The accident occurred around 9:30am when a Noakhali-bound private car carrying four people hit a roadside tree, said Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Miabazar Police outpost.
All four people, injured in the accident, were taken to Chouddagram Upazila Health Complex where the doctors pronounced Saiful and Rumi dead.

The couple was returning home with Rumi’s expatriate brother Humayn Kabir from Dhaka Airport.