Two people were killed and another was injured as a pickup van rammed into a motorcycle at Phulbari upazila in Dinajpur district on Wednesday night.

The deceased were identified as Shubhajit Gupta, 18, son of Ashok Gupta of Phulbari municipality, and Pritom Gupta, 26, an official of Mercantile Bank Limited in Kurigram.

Locals said straw-laden pickup van hit a motorcycle carrying three persons in Moheshpur intersection area around 11:30pm, leaving Shubhajit dead on the spot and two others critically injured.

The injured was taken to Phulbari Upazila Health Complex.

Later, Pritom Gupta died on the way to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

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