Four people, including a woman and her son, were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar and Sarail upazilas of Brahmanbaria district on Friday morning.
According to local and hospital sources, Kawsar Mia, a resident of Bahadurpur village in Kasba upazila, was traveling towards Sarail Bishwa Road with his wife and children in a CNG-run autorickshaw.
On the way, a fish-laden pickup van hit it from behind in the Biyallishwar area of Ramrail union in Sadar upazila on the Cumilla-Sylhet highway around 8:30am, leaving autorickshaw driver Mahbub, 45, passenger Josna Begum, 40, and her five-year-old son Ashraful dead on the spot.
Kawsar, 50; Josna's husband; and their daughter Adiba, 4, were injured in the accident.
The injured were first taken to Brahmanbaria General Hospital and later referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.
Officer-in-Charge of Khatihata Highway Police Station Md Abu Taher Dewan said police were sent to the spot after receiving information.
However, the pickup driver and his assistant managed to flee immediately after the accident.
In a separate accident, a man was killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a CNG-run three-wheeler in the Bariura area of Sarail upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 6:00am.
The deceased was identified as Md Oli Mia, 55, son of Haji Mohammad Idon Mia of Boribari village under Panishor union of the upazila.
