2 killed in Jessore road crash
Benapole: Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck smashed their bike on the Jessore-Satkhira Highway at Altapol Taltola in Keshabpur upazila of Benapole on Sunday night.
The victims are Hasan Sheikh, in his thirties, and Saddam Hossain, believed to be thirty, residents of Chakundia village in Dumuria upazila of Khulna.
Sahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station, said the moving truck hit the motorcycle around 8:30pm, leaving Hasan dead on the spot and Saddam critically injured.
Saddam died on the way to Khulna Medical College hospital, the OC added.
Police, meanwhile, seized the truck.