A mother and her daughter were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG autorickshaw and a truck in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on Friday noon.
Two people including the CNG driver sustained injuries in the accident.
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The accident occurred at Daroga intersection adjacent to Atkapalia Bazar of Char Jubilee Union on Sonapur-Chairman Road.
The deceased were identified as Shilpi Akhter, 30, and her 2-year-old daughter Sharmin, wife and daughter respectively of Shukkur of Purba Charjabbar village in Charwapada union of the upazila.
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Injured Md Faruk, 30, son of late Ayub Ali of Charjabbar village in the upazila and Md Abdullah, 30, son of Md Mostafa of the same village, are now receiving treatment at Subarnachar Upazila Health Complex.
The accident occurred when a Sonpur-bound CNG-run auto rickshaw collided head-on with a truck coming from opposite direction in the area around 11:45am this morning , leaving Sharmin dead on the spot and three passengers of the CNG injured, said Aminul Islam, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Char Jabbar Police Station.
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The injured were taken to Subarnachar Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared the mother dead.
Police seized the truck and CNG from the spot, he added.
Legal action will be taken upon receiving a written complaint, SI Aminul said.