Sylhet, UNB: Two people were killed as the private car of a teacher of Shahjalal University of Science Technology (SUST) hit them near main gate area of university campus on Saturday noon. The deceased were Mohammad Ataur Rahman and an unidentified man, aged about 60. Quoting witnesses, Akhter Hossain, officer in-charge of Jalalabad police station, said the accident took place when the car of Prof Dr. Ariful Islam, head of Mechanical Engineering department of the university, knocked them down around 12pm, leaving the unidentified man dead on the spot and Prof Ariful and Ataur injured. Later, the injured were taken to Osmani Medical College Hospital where Ataur succumbed to his injuries. Prof Ariful was driving the car and the driver was sitting beside him while the accident took place, added the OC.
