Five people, including a mother and her son, were killed and at least seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Faridpur on Friday.
In the first incident, a sand-laden truck overturned onto an autorickshaw and a private car in the Tetultala area of Kanaipur on the Dhaka-Khulna highway around 3:30pm, killing Sumi Begum, 32, and her son Shaon, 7. Four passengers of the private car were injured.
Senior Station Officer of Faridpur Fire Service Sribas Baroi said the truck reportedly lost control and overturned, causing the accident. The injured were receiving treatment at hospital.
In another accident, three people were killed when a Magura-bound ambulance collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound King Fisher bus near Arkandi Bridge in Madhukhali upazila around noon.
One of the deceased was identified as Rabbi, 21, while the identities of the other two could not be immediately known.
The victims were reportedly students from Magura Sadar who were returning home after attending a Red Crescent blood donation programme in Faridpur.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, with two later referred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for better treatment.
Officer-in-Charge of Karimpur Highway Police Station, said three people were killed in the bus-ambulance collision. Police were working to identify the deceased and determine the cause of the accident.