Bandarban, Oct. 5 -- Two people were killed and five others seriously injured when a tourist vehicle, locally known as a "Chander Gari", plunged into a deep roadside ditch in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban on Monday afternoon.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Accordinh to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the accident occurred around 3:45pm on the Dimpahar-Tendumukh road, about 600 metres from the Tendumukh BGB checkpost.

Personnel of Tendumukh BGB Camp under Bolipara Battalion (38 BGB), led by its commanding officer Lt Col Md Yasir Arafat Hossain, rushed to the spot after receiving information about the accident and launched a rescue operation.

They recovered two people dead from the wreckage and rescued five...