Mother, child killed in city road crash
A recklessly driven human haulier killed a mother and her around two-year-old daughter, who was in her lap, in the capital's Khilkhet area yesterday afternoon.
The victims -- Salma Akhter, 24, and Mehjabin Akhter Maisha -- belonged to a poor grocer's family living in Barura village, around six kilometres east of Khilkhet bus stand.
Salma's husband Mokbul Hossain Sikder said they had a wedding to go to at his in-laws' house in Ruppur in Narayanganj and his wife needed some laundry to be done before that.
The incident happened around 12:30pm when the human haulier lost control and hit the mother and daughter who were waiting at the laundry to receive their clothes.
They died on the spot, said Moshiur Rahman, sub-inspector of Khilkhet Police Station.
Angry locals set fire to the vehicle and beat up driver Maidul Islam before handing him over to police.
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