Mother, Daughter Killed in Cattle-Laden Truck Crash

A mother and daughter were killed when they were hit by a cattle-laden truck at Boalmari in Faridpur. The accident took place at Kalimajhi of Rupapat Union on the Maijkandi-Bhatiapara Regional Highway in the upazila around 2pm on Sunday (July 3).

Kalpana Mandal, a relative of the deceased, said Suparna Biswas, 30, wife of Prabir Biswas of Tungrail village in Rupapat union of the upazila, was returning home in a van from Sahasrail Bazar of Shekhar union with her daughter Pratasha Biswas, 7.

On reaching the Maijkandi-Bhatiapara regional highway at Kalimajhi Itwata in Boalmari upazila, a speeding truck carrying cattle hit the van from behind. Suparna Biswas and her daughter Pratasha Biswas died on the spot. The deadly truck quickly fled, crushing the van.

Officer-in-charge of Boalmari Police Station Muhammad Abdul Wahab confirmed the incident.