At least two people were killed and 20 others injured  in a collision between a bus and a private car at Mechaghona under Dumuria upazila in Khulna district on Saturday.

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Locals said that the Satkhira-bound bus collided head-on with the Khulna-bound private car at Mechaghona at about 11:30am.

The bus overturned and fell into a nearby ditch, leaving its two passengers dead on the spot.

On receiving the information, the fire service personnel reached the spot quickly and started the rescue operation.

Dumuria Fire Station in-charge Sardar Shariful Islam said, ‘We have recovered the bodies of two people. The injured were sent to Dumuria Upazila Health Complex and Khulna Medical College Hospital.’