Six killed, 10 injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur

Six people, including a woman and a child, were killed and at least 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur Sadar and Madhukhali upazila.

In Madhukhali, three people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and an ambulance in the Arkandi area of the upazila this afternoon. The deceased included two men and a woman. Their identities could not be confirmed immediately.

According to highway police sources, a Dhaka-bound Kingfisher Paribahan bus collided head-on with an ambulance heading towards Magura, leaving three people dead on the spot.

Officer-in-Charge of Karimpur Highway Police Station Abdus Salam said three people were killed in the collision. Their identities had not yet been confirmed.

In another incident, a mother and her son were killed after a truck hit their car in the Tetultala area of Kanaipur on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur at around 3:30 pm on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Shawon, 7, son of Palash Mia of Chapainawabganj district, and his mother Sumi Begum, 32.

According to reports, Sumi and her family were travelling towards Dhaka in a private car from her father's home in Mohammadpur of Magura district when a sand-laden truck coming from the opposite direction lost control, hit the car and overturned on the road.

Local people rescued the three occupants of the private car and took them to hospital, where the mother and son died. Three others were injured in the accident and admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital.

Faridpur Fire Service Senior Station Officer Sribas Baroi confirmed the incident, saying the accident was believed to have occurred after the truck lost control. An autorickshaw was also damaged alongside the private car in the accident.