Father, son killed in road crash

A man and his son were killed after a pick-up van hit them on the Chandpur-Comilla regional highway at Balakhal Bazar in Hajiganj of Chandpur on Friday night, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Zillur Rahman, 46, and his son Bayezid, 8, from Srinagar village in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district.

The pick-up hit them when the man and his son were crossing the road in Balakhal Bazar at around 9:00pm, leaving the two dead on the spot, said Jobayer Syed, officer-in-charge of Hajiganj police station.

They were rushed to the Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared them dead.

Police seized the pickup. However, the driver managed to flee, he added.

The bodies have been kept in the Upazila Health Complex. The legal process will be taken in this regard, the OC added.