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Two killed as truck hits motorcycle in Thakurgaon

Two people were killed as a truck rammed a motorcycle in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon district on Wednesday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Rashedul, 40, and Asad, 30.

Thakurgaon Fire Service and Civil Defence warehouse inspector Md Sarwar Hossain said a paddy-laden truck hit a motorcycle in front of Enamul Filling Station on the Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway around 4:30 pm, leaving its two riders dead on the spot.

The bodies were handed over to the police and the truck was seized by police, he added.

Boda Highway Police Station officer in-charge Shariful Islam said police members were sent to the scene.

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