Mother, daughter among 3 killed in Faridpur road accidents

Three people including a 30-year old woman and her 7-year old daughter were killed on Sunday in separate road accidents in Faridpur.

Two of the deceased were identified as Suparna Biswas, wife of Prabir Biswas of Tungrail village in Boalmari upazila and their daughter Protyasha Biswas.

Suparna and her daughter were returning home on a paddled van with her daughter from Shasrail market around 2:30 pm when a recklessly speeding truck hit the van from

behind near Kalimajhi brick kiln on Maijkandi-Bhatiapara regional highway, said Kalpana Mandal one of the witnesses.

The truck driver managed to flee along with the truck, leaving the duo dead on spot, said , Md Abdul Wahab, Officer-in-Charge of Boalmari police station.

Meanwhile, Sajib Sheikh, 17, a construction worker, was killed and two others were injured as he lost control over his motorcycle near Syampur filling station in Sadarpur upazila headquarter.