A truck driver and his helper were killed in a head-on collision between their truck and a bus on Bogura-Dhaka highway in Chandaikona Roroya area in Sherpur upazila early Thursday.
The deceased were identified as truck driver Sanowar Hossain, 35, son of Robiul Islam, and Mintu Miah, 38, son of Hafizur Rahman of Madla-Malitola village in Shahjahanpur upazila.
Md Ratan Hossain, station officer of Sherpur Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the accident took place around 1am when the potato-laden truck collided with the ‘New Hazi Travels Paribahan’ bus, leaving the driver dead on the spot and the helper injured.
The injured was taken to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where he died later.