Protesters blocked the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway for around two hours as two school students were injured when a bus hit them this morning.

Identities of the injured students could not be known immediately.

The incident took place around 11:30am at Maijjar Tek area on the highway, Md Shamsuddin, traffic inspector of Bakalia Circle, told The Daily Star.

After the incident, local people staged a demonstration on the highway in protest, halting vehicular movement.

The blockade was lifted around 1:30pm, the police official said.