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Two people were killed as a truck hit a van on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Gournadi upazila of Barishal district early Monday (24 June) morning.
The deceased were identified as Barun Das, 55, a fish trader from Sakokathi village, and van driver Aynal Bepari, 60, from Agarpur village in Babuganj.
Golam Rasul Mollah, officer-in-charge of Gournadi highway police station, said the accident occurred at Baichkhola of Batajor in Gournadi upazila when the Barishal-bound truck crashed into Aynal's battery-operated van.
Fish trader Barun and van driver Aynal died on the spot. Police seized the truck, said the OC. A case will be filed in this regard, he added.
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