Truck driver killed in road crash

Road accident illustration by Prothom Alo
Road accident illustration by Prothom Alo

A truck driver was killed as his truck hit a roadside tree at Mulghor on Khulna-Mawa highway in Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on Monday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased was Kamal Hossain of Noornagar in Khulna.

Katakhali highway police station's officer-in-charge, Md RabiulAlam, said that the Barishal-bound goods-laden truck coming from Mongla crashed into a roadside tree after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving him dead on the spot and his assistant injured.

Fire service members recovered the body and sent it to Khulna Medical College Hospital for autopsy. Injured Shamim Hossain, 28, was also admitted to the hospital.