A four-year-old girl and her grandfather were killed after a bus ran them over in Laxmipur's Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
The accident took place at around 9:00 am in front of Siam Petrol Pump in Purbo Hazir Para area on the Lakshmipur-Dhaka regional highway in the upazila.
The deceased were identified as Mimi Aktar, and her paternal grandfather Nasir Mollah. Both are hailed from Bhola district.
Eyewitnesses said a bus, carrying passengers, ran them over in the area while they were crossing the road, leaving Mimi dead on the spot and Nasir Mollah critically injured.
Nasir Mollah was rescued and taken to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The incident happened while they were crossing the road, said Ruhul Amin, officer in-charge of Chandragonj Highway Police Station.
The bodies have been kept in the hospital morgue, the police official added.
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