Truck driver, helper killed in Naogaon road crash

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus at Satihat Panchamitala in Naogaon’s Manda Upazila on Thursday afternoon, police said, UNB reports.

The deceased were identified as truck driver Masud Rana, 28, from Rajshahi and helper Omar Russel, 20, from Noakhalli.

Shahinur Rahman, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Manda Police Station, said a mini truck carrying poultry was heading towards Rajshahi from Naogaon and collided head-on with a passenger bus at Satihat Panchamitala in Manda in the afternoon.

Two people in the truck died on the spot.

No casualties have been reported from the bus.

A case has been filed with Manda police station in this regard, the OC added.