Two truck drivers were killed and their two helpers injured in a road accident at Mujibnagar point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Pirganj upazila here this morning, police sources said.
The accident occurred when a potato-laden Dhaka bound truck (Rangpur Da 11-0163) from Rangpur and chicken fodder-laden Rangpur bound truck (Dhaka Metro Ta 14-7179) from Dhaka collided head-on from the opposite directions there at 4:45 am.
Drivers of the trucks Aminul Islam, 35, son of late Abdul Kadir of village Maddhya Kumedpur under Sadar upazila of Gaibandha and Saiful Islam, 30, son of late Mofiz Uddin of village Rajnagar under Polashbari upazila in Gaibandha were killed on the spot.
Police with the help of the local people rescued the two injured helpers of the ill-fated trucks and admitted them to the local hospital, seized both the damaged trucks, recovered the bodies and brought those to Baro Dorga Police Camp.
The process of filing a case in this connection with Pirganj police station was in progress, Incharge of Baro Dorga Police Camp Sergeant Abdul Gani said at 10:40 am. -BSS, Rangpur
