Mother, daughter killed in Gazipur road accident

A mother and her nine-year-old daughter have been killed and at least five others have been injured after a bus carrying them overturned in Gazipur.

The accident took place near Nurbagh area on Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Kaliakair upazila around 6am on Sunday.

The deceased Fatema Begum,35, and her daughter Arbi,9, were from the Kaliakair upazila.

Konabari Highway police station Sub-Inspector Anaurul Islam confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.

Anaurul said: "A Dhaka-bound bus of Azmeri Paribahan overturned in the area, killing the mother and daughter on the spot and injuring five others."

The injured are under treatment at the hospital. The bus was seized but its driver managed to flee the scene, he added.