A mother and her ten-month-old daughter were killed after being hit by a truck on the Sipahipara-Muktarpur road at Rampal upazila in Munshiganj district on Saturday evening.
The accident occurred around 6pm road in Shantinagar area of the upazila.
Following the incident, enraged locals set fire to the truck. Later, police rushed there and bring the situation under control.
The deceased were identified as Lipi Begum, 35, and her ten-month-old daughter, Alisha. They both were residents of Anandapur village in Mollakandi Union of Munshiganj Sadar upazila.
Eyewitnesses said that Lipi Begum was traveling towards Sipahipara on a rickshaw with her daughter Alisha. On the way, a speeding cement-laden truck (Dhaka Metro-D-11-2614) coming from Muktarpur hit the rickshaw from the opposite direction, causing the mother and daughter to be thrown out of the rickshaw and crushed under the truck.
Both died on the spot.
Munshiganj Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Aminul Islam confirmed the deaths and added that police have arrested the truck driver and legal actions were being taken in this regard.
