Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured as a truck collided head-on with a motorcycle in Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila on Monday night.
The deceased were identified as Salman Mia, 16, of Shahjadapur in Sarail and Sharif Mia, 16, of the same area.
The accident took place in Raja Bariakandi area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway of the upazila.
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Officer-in-charge (OC) of Khatihata Highway Police Sukhendra Basu said that three friends were returning to their village in Shahjadapur on a motorcycle. At Raja Bariakandi area a truck from the opposite direction collided head-on with the motorcycle leaving two dead on the spot.
The highway police went to the spot and recovered the bodies. One injured was sent to the hospital. However, police couldn’t yet arrest the driver and helper of the truck, OC said.