Both truck drivers killed in head-on collision

Two truck drivers were killed after two trucks collided head-on on the West approach highway of Bangabandhu (Jamuna) bridge at Simantabazar area of Kamarkhanda upazila in Sirajganj early Thursday.

One of the deceased - Nazrul Islam, 42, - a resident of Nagaon.

Bangabandhu Bridge West police station officer-in-charge Abu Daud said a rice-laden truck from Nagaon was heading towards Dhaka when another truck from the opposite direction collided head-on in the small hours of Thursday.

The front portions of both the trucks were badly damaged.

Critically injured truck drivers were rushed to the Sirajganj General Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

Their bodies were kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.