Truck driver, assistant killed in road crash

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

A truck driver and his assistant were killed in a head-on collision between their truck and a bus on Bogura-Dhaka highway in Sherpur's Chandaikona Roroya area early Thursday.

The deceased were truck driver Sanowar Hossain, 35, son of Robiul Islam, and Mintu Miah, 38, son of Hafizur Rahman of Madla-Malitola village in Shahjahanpur upazila.

Md Ratan Hossain, station officer of Sherpur Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the accident took place around 1:00am when the potato-laden truck collided with the New Hazi Travels Paribahan bus, leaving the driver dead on the spot and the assistant injured.

The injured was taken to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where he died later.