Truck driver’s assistant killed in Comilla road crash
Comilla: A truck driver’s assistant was killed when a covered van hit a truck on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Hatatoli area in Sadar Dakhshin upazila of Comilla early on Monday.
The deceased is Arafat Rahman Rifat, a resident of Daulatpur village in Begumganj upazila in Noakhali.
Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Maynamati Highway Police, said that the accident took place around 6:30am when the covered van hit the truck, leaving the helper dead on the spot and truck driver and covered van helper injured.
The injured were admitted to Comilla Medical College and Hospital.