A pick-up van driver and his helper were killed and three others injured as a covered-van collided head-on with the vehicle on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Sarail upazila of the district on Monday, reports BSS.
The deceased are Sirajul Islam, 40, the driver and Lokman Mia, 32, the helper.
Both of them died on the spot and three others sustained injuries as the fish-laden pick-up van collided head-on with the covered-van at about 10am, said Hossain Sarker, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sarail Biswaroad Highway Police Station.
The injured were sent to the district Sadar hospital.
A case was filed in this connecton.