A woman and two minor boys were killed in separate road accidents in Netrakona and Chapainawabganj districts on Sunday morning.
In Netrakona, a woman and her minor son were killed in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and an auto-rickshaw on Netrakona-Madan road in Laxmiganj area in sadar upazila. The deceased were identified as Tania Akhter, 30, wife of Habibur Rahman of Mirzapur village in Atpara upazila and
her son Momen, 6. The accident took place when a Netrakona bound bus hit the auto-rickshaw at the place around 8:15 am, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Borhan Uddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Netrakona Model Police Station.
Three others including Tania’s daughter Habiba, 12, sustained injuries in the accident. The injured were taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, said the OC. In C’nawabganj, a minor boy was killed after being hit by a minibus at Hogla in Gomostapur upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim, 7, son of Anarul of the village. Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Gomostapur Police Station said the minibus bit Ibrahim while he was crossing the road near his house around 8 am, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police arrested the bus driver Rabiul and seized his vehicle.
