Two killed as bus collides with truck

Two persons were killed and another injured after a bus and a truck collided head-on at Boldipakur on Rangpur-Dhaka highway in Mithapakur upazila of Rangpur early Monday.

According to UNB, the deceased were truck driver Rafiqul Islam, 19, and his assistant Sabu Mia, 18, of Krishnapur village of the upazila.

Moazzem Hossain, Borodarga highway police in-charge, said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Nabil Paribahan collided head-on with a wood-laden truck, leaving the truck driver and his assistant dead on the spot.

The injured was admitted to Mithapakur Upazila Health Complex, he added.