At least two people were killed and five others injured as a bus collided with a truck and a van in the Takia area of Natore Sadar upazila in the early hours of Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as truck driver Abu Musa and wood trader Asadul Haque.

The accident took place on the Natore-Rajshahi highway when the wood-laden truck collided head-on with a Rajshahi-bound night coach in Takia around 1.30am, Akhtar Hamid Khan, a senior station officer of Natore Fire Service, said.

At the same time, a van driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the bus. The accident left the duo dead on the spot, he said.

 The injured were admitted to the Natore hospital, he added.