Dhaka, April 16 -- Two people have been killed after a truck rear-ended another truck parked on the roadside in Noakhali's Begumganj Upazila.

The accident occurred around dawn on Wednesday in the Nazirpur area along the Chaumuhani-Lakshmipur regional highway, according to Ruhul Amin, chief of Chandraganj Highway Police Station.

The victims were identified as 18-year-old Md Sajib and 20-year-old Md Sakib, both residents of Begumganj.

Their bodies have been taken to the Noakhali General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Witnesses said that a sand-laden truck heading from Lakshmipur to Chaumuhani had stopped by the roadside outside a garage due to a burst tyre. Another sand-laden truck coming from Lakshmipur then slammed into the back of the ...