2 killed as pickup van hits truck in Gazipur

Two persons were killed and one other was injured as a pickup van lost control over its steering and collided head on with a cargo loaded truck in Jaina bazaar area on the Mawna Highway of Sreepur upazila in the district early on Sunday morning.

The deceased were- pickup driver Chanchal Roy, 30 and Ripon, 35, reports BSS.

Police said a fish delivery pickup van with three persons on board was returning to Bhaluka from Mohammadpur in the capital and its driver lost control over the steering wheel when the pick-up reached the Jainabazar area
and hit a truck. Its driver Chancal Roy died on the spot.

Injured were rescued and rushed to the upazila health complex where the duty doctor declared Ripon dead. Police recovered the bodies.