Two people including a constable of highway police were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Eliotganj area of Daudkandi upazila early Monday.

Sergeant Moniruzzaman, in-charge of Eliotganj Highway Police outpost, said the accident took place when a Chittagong-bound covered van hit a stationary pick-up van carrying a patrol team of Eliotganj Highway police in the area around 5:00am, leaving Rokon Uddin, 27, a constable of the police outpost dead on the spot.

Later, an electric pole laden lorry hit both the vehicles, which left the helper of the covered van dead on the spot.

The incident also left three others, including two police constables injured.