Road Accident in Munshiganj: Child dies falling from mother’s lap

Although a mother's embrace is the safest place for a child, it seems no place can be deemed safe on the roads of Bangladesh.

One-year-old Humaira Akhter was on her mother's lap when tragedy struck.

Two auto-rickshaws collided head-on in the Madina Bazar area of Munshiganj yesterday.

The impact was so forceful that one of the auto-rickshaws overturned, careening towards Humaira and her mother, Habiba Begum.

As the vehicle hit Habiba,  Humaira fell from her lap and sustained serious injuries.

She later died while undergoing treatment at Munshiganj General Hospital, said Inspector Amal Dash of the Munshiganj Hatimara Police Investigation Centre.

Neither the auto-rickshaw drivers nor their passengers sustained serious injuries, he said.

The two auto-rickshaws have been seized but the drivers managed to flee, said police.

Meanwhile in Mymensingh, two CNG-run auto-rickshaw passengers were killed and four others injured as the vehicle and a bus collided head-on in Sadar upazila.

The incident happened on Mymensingh-Sherpur road in Alalpur area, said Mohammad Mainuddin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.

One of the deceased was identified as Swaraswati Chowhan, 40, from Palpara in Haluaghat, Mymensingh. The identity of another could not be known immediately.

The injured -- including the auto-rickshaw driver -- were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee, said the OC.