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Five killed, seven injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur

Published : Friday, 23 October, 2026 at 7:44 PM

Observer Online Report

Five people, including a mother and her son, were killed and at least seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Faridpur on Friday.

Two passengers of an autorickshaw were killed when a sand-laden truck overturned on the vehicle in Kanaipur, while three others died in a collision between a bus and an ambulance in Madhukhali.

The victims of the Kanaipur accident were identified as Sumi Begum, 32, wife of Palash Mia of Chapainawabganj, and her son Shawon, 7.

According to police and local sources, the accident occurred around 3:30 PM in the Tetultala area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway. An autorickshaw travelling from Kanaipur towards Faridpur town was hit by a sand-laden truck coming from the opposite direction. The truck lost control and overturned onto the autorickshaw and a private car, damaging both vehicles and leaving several people injured.

Locals and fire service personnel rescued the victims and took them to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, where on-duty doctors declared Sumi and her son dead. Four passengers of the private car were injured in the accident.

In the other incident, a Dhaka-bound Kingfisher Paribahan bus collided with a Magura-bound ambulance near the Arkandi Bridge in Madhukhali upazila on the Faridpur-Khulna highway around noon.

Three people travelling in the ambulance were killed and several others injured. One of the deceased was identified as Rabbi, 21, while the identities of the other two could not be confirmed immediately. Among the injured were Sagar Biswas, 22, and Riya, 21.

Preliminary information suggested that all the victims were students from Magura Sadar upazila. They were returning to Magura by ambulance after attending a Red Crescent blood donation programme in Faridpur.

Locals and police rescued the victims and took them to Madhukhali Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared three people dead. Two of the injured were referred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for better treatment.

Faridpur Fire Service Senior Station Officer Sribas Baroi said the Kanaipur accident was believed to have occurred after the sand-laden truck lost control and overturned. A mother and her son were killed, while the injured were receiving treatment at the hospital.

Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge of Karimpur Highway Police Station in Faridpur, said three people were killed in the bus-ambulance collision in Madhukhali. Police were working to identify the deceased and determine the cause of the accident.

-MT

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