Road crash in Dhaka kills 2 kids

Two children including a three-day-old boy were killed and five of their family members injured in a road accident in Dhaka this evening.

The deceased were identified as Sumaya, 8, and her nephew, who was yet to be named.

A Chittagong-bound lorry hit the CNG-run auto-rickshaw from behind in Nagdapara area on Meradia-Demra link road around 7:00pm, said Zia Md Mostafiz Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station.

The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared the duo dead around 8:10pm, said hospital sources.

The injured are Sumaiya’s parents Mohammad Hossain and Selina Begum, brother Shipon, sister-in-law Sonia, and Sonia’s mother Rina Begum.

Family members said the baby boy was born at a hospital in Moghbazar on Friday. The mother and child were released today.

The OC said the road was constructed recently as it has no road divider and lamp posts.