Two truck helpers were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Chairman Bari Moor area under Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district on Monday morning.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred when a Khulna-bound speeding fish-laden truck from Gopalganj hit a parked sand-laden truck from behind in the area around 7am as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the helpers of the two vehicles dead on the spot, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mollahat Highway Police Station Nur Hossain said.
Police recovered the bodies from the spot and sent those to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital morgue, the OC added.