Mother, son die in Gopalganj road mishap


FE Team | Published: June 29, 2019 11:05:02 | Updated: July 02, 2019 16:48:23


Mother, son die in Gopalganj road mishap

A woman and her son were killed as a bus ran over them in Gerakhola area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday morning.

The deceased were identified as Shawon, 30 and Sakib, 7 of Ramchandrapur area.

Muksudpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mustafa Kamal Pasha said a Dhaka-bound bus of Saint Martin Paribahan hit Shawon and her son at 8am, leaving them dead on the spot near a bridge at Gerakhola.

Ershad, the husband of the deceased woman, the accident occurred when his wife was taking his son to a coaching centre, UNB reported.

Enraged by the accident, locals blocked the road that triggered a five kilometre traffic gridlock in the area.

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