A woman and her son were crushed to death under the wheels of a truck in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila on Monday.
The deceased, Rina Begum, 27, and Raihan Hasan, 2, were residents of the Kakina Moishamuri area of the upazila.
According to eyewitnesses, the deceased, along with the woman's husband, Monir Hossain, were on their way home on a motorcycle.
Menawhile, a stone-laden truck hit the motorcycle in the Kakina Chapartol area around 7:30 pm on Monday. Monir fell off the motorcycle on the side of the road while the truck ran over his wife and son, killing the mother and son on the spot.
Kaliganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kabir said locals seized the truck, but its driver fled the scene.
The bodies were sent to the hospital, he said.