Woman, child die in road accident

A woman and her three-year-old child were killed as a Dhaka-bound bus abruptly crushed them while they were crossing a road at Baghopara Bus Stand in Bogra Sadar upazila yesterday.

The deceased were identified as Ranu Khatun, 25, wife of Jahangir Hossain, and their daughter Zakia Sultana, of the upazila. Police seized the vehicle, but its driver and his helper managed to flee, said Aslam Hossain, inspector (inquiry) of Bogra Sadar police.

Meanwhile, in Nilphamari, a bus, losing its control, abruptly hit a central reservation on Dhaka-Dinajpur highway near Kamar Pukur Bazar in Saidpur upazila yesterday morning, leaving its driver and helper critically injured.

Victims Bishal Aktar, 28, and his helper Shahidul Islam,35, were from Bogra Sadar upazila.

Informed by locals, police and fire brigade team reached the spot and brought them out of the smashed vehicle.

Later, Aktar and Shahidul were taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where the former succumbed to his injuries.