Mother, daughter killed in road crash

Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed when a speeding truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Sylhet-Sunamganj regional highway yesterday morning.

The deceased were identified as Abadit Keshba, 40, of Ukilpara in Sunamganj town; her daughter Prathama Chowdhury, 12; and auto-rickshaw driver Sajal Ghosh, 50, of Nabinagar area, said Suman Kumar Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Jaykalas highway police outpost.

Quoting witnesses, the OC said the accident occurred around 7:10am when a Sunamganj-bound truck hit the Sylhet-bound auto-rickshaw, killing Abadit and driver Sajal on the spot.

Prathama, critically injured, was rushed to Shantiganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared her dead. The truck veered off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch.

Locals caught the truck driver, Parvez Ahmed, 40, and handed him over to Shantiganj police.

Gobinda Kumar Das, Prathama's relative, said all three victims were travelling to the temple for prayers. The truck driver is now in police custody, the OC added.