BARISAL: A truck driver and his helper were killed in a road accident on Barisal-Dhaka highway at Sundardi area under Gaurnadi upazila in the wee hours on Tuesday.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Officer-in-Charge of Gaurnadi Thana Sazzad Hossain told banglanews that the salt-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch and a fire broke out at its oil tanker as the driver of lost his control over the steering in the area, leaving the driver and helper dead on the spot.

Station officer of Gaurnadi fire service Ainul Islam said the fire broke out from the oil tanker as the truck plunged into the roadside ditch.

BDST: 0950 HRS, FEB 03, 2015