A seven-year-old boy was killed and a woman was injured after a three-wheeler rammed a battery-run auto rickshaw in the Domapara area of Sadar Upazila on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Shawon, son of Shamsur Rahman of Upardhumi area of the upazila while the injured is Shuktara.
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The injured woman is now undergoing treatment at Chapainawabganj district hospital.
AKM Alamgir Jahan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chapainawabganj Sadar police station, said Shawon was in the three-wheeler when it hit the auto-rickshaw on the busy Chapainawabganj-Shibganj Road around 8pm.
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Shawon fell off the three-wheeler and died on the spot, added the OC.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue, said the officer adding that the vehicles were seized by police but the drivers managed to flee.
Source: United News of Bangladesh