Nilphamari: Two cattle traders were killed as the vehicle carrying them and their cows collided head on with a pickup van on Nilphamari-Syedpur road at Kazirhat area in the Syedpur Upazila on Sunday night.

The deceased traders are Hemanto Ray, 40, and Meher Kumar, 45.

Officer-in-charge of Syedpur Sadar Police Station Shahjahan Pasha said their human hauler was hit by the pickup at the place around 8:30pm, leaving the duo dead on the spot.