Five people, including a mother and her son, have been killed in a road accident on Bogra-Rangpur Highway at Baghopara area under Bogra sadar upazila.
Eight others were also injured in the accident, BSS reported.
Of the deceased, two are Afroza Akhter, 30, and her son Nurul Islam, 8, of Baghopara village. Police said the accident occurred when an iron-laden truck ploughed through a roadside shop in the area as the driver lost his control over the steering around 10am on Saturday.
The injured were sent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.