An eight-year-old girl was killed and her mother seriously injured after a sand-laden dump truck lost control and overturned onto their house in Rangpur city early Friday.
The deceased, Sinthia, was asleep with her mother when the accident occurred around 4am in the Paschim Khasbag Char Matha area of Ward No 30.
According to locals, the truck was heading towards Satmatha from Khasbag when the driver lost control upon reaching the area. The vehicle veered off the road and overturned onto a roadside house, partially demolishing it.
Sinthia and her mother, who were asleep inside the house, were trapped under the truck.
Locals rescued them and rushed them to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, where Sinthia succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment on Friday morning. Her mother remains hospitalised in critical condition.
Sinthia was a third-grade student at a local school and the daughter of Pintu Mia, a resident of the area.
Wadud Alam, officer-in-charge of Rangpur Metropolitan Police's Kotwali Police Station, said one person had died and another had been seriously injured in the accident.
He said police had detained the truck driver and his assistant and seized the vehicle, which was taken to the police station.
Legal proceedings in connection with the incident are underway.
