Two killed as trucks collide in Noakhali

NOAKHALI, Apr 16 (bdnews24.com): Two people have been killed after a truck rear-ended another truck parked on the roadside at Begumganj upazila in Noakhali district.

The accident occurred around dawn on Wednesday in the Nazirpur area along the Chaumuhani-Laxmipur regional highway, according to Ruhul Amin, chief of Chandraganj Highway Police Station.

The victims were identified as 18-year-old Md Sajib, and 20-year-old Md Sakib, both residents of Begumganj.

Their bodies have been taken to the Noakhali General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Witnesses said that a sand-laden truck heading from Lakshmipur to Chaumuhani had stopped by the roadside outside a garage due to a burst tyre. Another sand-laden truck coming from Laxmipur then slammed into the back of the stationary vehicle.

The front of the moving truck was severely damaged in the crash, trapping the driver's assistant Sajib and his friend Sakib in the cabin with critical injuries. The parked truck veered off the road upon impact.