Mother, son killed in Moulvibazar road crash

A woman and her minor son were killed after a tractor knocked a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Arjuna in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday night, reports UNB.

The deceased are auto-rickshaw passenger Kalpona Begum, 30, a resident of Chandarpur village, and her five-year-old son Mahfuzur Rahman.

Barlekha police station officer-in-charge Shahidur Rahman said the accident took place around 9:30pm as the tractor knocked the auto-rickshaw, leaving the two critically injured.

Later, the injured were taken to Beanibazar health complex where doctors declared the duo dead on arrival.