A woman and her daughter were killed while four others injured after a pickup van ploughed hit them on the Bhandaria-Tushkhali-Mathbaria road in Dakshin Ikri village under Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur today (June 24).

The deceased were identified as Jhumaiya Akhtar, 32, wife of Hossain Saheb, a resident of Ikri village in the upazila and their seven-year-old daughter Hawa AKtar.

The injured are Yasin, 5, Maya Begum, 35, Hafiza Akhtar Misti, 28, and Hossain Saheb, 32, are now undergoing treatment at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

Abir Md Hossain, officer in charge of Bhandaria police station confirmed the matter.

He said Jhumaiya and her daughter were waiting for a bus in the Sahebbari area of Ikri village to go to Chattogram while the others went to see them off.

The pickup van coming from Mathbaria lost control and hit them, leaving the two dead on the spot and four others injured, he said.

The injured were first taken to Bhandaria upazila health complex where the on-duty doctors referred them to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital as their condition deteriorated, he said.

The vehicle was seized, but its driver managed to flee, the OC added.

BDST: 1333 HRS, JUNE 24, 2024
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