Two persons were killed in a collision between a truck and a battery-powered auto-rickshaw in Natore`s Lalpur upazila.

The accident occurred around 7:15 am in Kadamchilan area on the Natore-Pabna highway of the upazila.

The dead were identified as van driver Alfu, 55, a resident of Dhanaidah village under Baraigram upazila, and truck driver Mostakim, 24, a resident of Kachua area in Morelganj, Bagerhat district.

Banpara Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ismail Hossain said a truck was going to Natore from Pabna in the morning. On the way, it lost control in that area and hit an auto-van coming from the opposite direction and crashed into a nearby tree.

The van driver Alfu died on the spot. The truck driver Mostakim and his helper were seriously injured.

Upon receiving the information, fire service personnel rescued the injured and admitted them to a private hospital in Baraigram. While undergoing treatment there, the truck driver Mostakim died around 10 am.