A woman and her granddaughter were killed when they were hit by a speeding microbus in Panchagarh's Atwari upazila on Thursday.
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The accident took place on the Atwari-Thakurgaon road in Goaldighi area under Radhanagar union in the evening.
The dead are Mst Begum, 45, wife of Dulal and her granddaughter Ayesha Akter, 3, of Baradap area of the same union. Ayesha was the daughter of Sabirul Islam of the same area.
According to police, in the evening, the grandmother and granddaughter were crossing the road. At that time, they were seriously injured when a speeding microbus from Atwari to Thakurgaon hit them and ran away.
Locals rescued them and took to the upazila health complex. They later died on the way to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital from there as their condition was serious.
Atwari Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Musa Mia has confirmed it.
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