Mother, son killed as bus collides with motorcycle in Tangail

A woman and her teenage son were killed this morning when a passenger bus collided with the motorcycle carrying them in Gopalpur upazila, Tangail.

The deceased were identified as China Begum, 48, wife of Kamruzzaman Tota of Jhawail in the upazila, and their son Shakib Miah, 19.

According to Gopalpur Police Station‍‍`s Officer-in-charge Emdadul Islam Taiyab, the accident occurred around 8:00 am, as Shakib and his mother were riding a motorcycle to the upazila headquarters.

Both of them died on the spot, the OC said.

The bus was confiscated, but the driver and helper fled the scene, he added.