Mother-son crushed under bus in Lalmonirhat

A woman and her son were killed when a bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Thursday.

Five more people were also injured in the accident.

The deceased were identified as Manjila Begum, 32, wife of auto-rickshaw driver Badiuzzaman and her three-year-old son Sajedul Islam.

Quoting locals police said a bus smashed the auto-rickshaw carrying seven passengers at Chowdhury intersection area around 11am, leaving Manjila dead on the scene and six others injured.

The wounded were rushed to Upazila Health Complex where Sajedul succumbed to his injuries. Of the injured, two were shifted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.