Hili, Feb. 3 -- A truck driver and his assistant were killed when their vehicle was struck by a train at the Ghoraghat rail crossing in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur early Monday.

The deceased have been identified as truck driver Mahbubur Rahman and helper Arif Hossain, both residents of Bhajanpur village in Panchagarh's Tetulia upazila, .

Md Fakhrul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Parbatipur Railway Police Station, said that at around 1 am, a stone-laden truck traveling from Birampur was crossing the Ghoraghat railway crossing when it was struck by the Dhaka-bound intercity Ekota Express Train.

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The collision left the truck twisted, and both the driver and the help...