COMILLA: Two road mishaps left two people, one a child, dead and five others injured in Comilla district Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Jui, 6, hailed from Kabila under Burichang, and Mosarraf Hossain, 25, from Daulatpur in Nangalcoat.

Police and witnesses said a Feni-bound bus of Star Paribahan ran over Jui on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Kabila in Burichang at around 12:30 pm. She died on the spot.

Sub-Inspector Jahangir Ahmed informed that she was run over while crossing the road.

Police seized the ‘killer bus’, but the driver and his helper managed to flee.

Meanwhile, Mosarraf died after his motorbike collided with a Comilla-bound CNG auto-rickshaw at around 3:15pm. He also died on the spot.

Another person on the bike and four of the auto-rickshaw, including the driver, were injured.

"They were rushed to Comilla Medical College Hospital," said one witness, Din Mohammad.

BDST: 1830 HRS, SEPT 11, 2010