Two people were killed as a pick-up van crashed into a loitering truck on Khulna-Dhaka highway at Kakdanga in Bagerhat's Fakirhat upazila on Monday morning.
One of the deceased, Nur Hossain, 21, was the conductor of the pick-up van and a resident of Khalishpur in Khulna.
Another person who died was the helper of the truck but his identity couldn't be confirmed.
Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge of Mollahat highway police station, said the accident occurred at around 4am when the fish-laden pickup van hit the truck, leaving the two conductors dead on the spot. The truck driver fled the scene after the accident.
The bodies have been kept at the upazila health complex.
