Dhaka, March 19 -- At least nine people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Rangpur, Sylhet, Pabna, Manikganj and Chuadanga on Tuesday.

In Sylhet, a woman and her son were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw on Salutikar-Goainghat road at Satigram village in Goainghat upazila.

The deceased were identified as Ilora Parvin, 38, wife of Soja Ahmed, a Bangladesh Army sergeant, and their son Sajid Mia, 6. They were killed on their way to Jaflong.

Goainghat Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Jalil said the mother and her son were killed on the spot. Two others were also injured.

In Rangur, three people were killed in a road accident on Rangpur-Bogura Highway in Pirganj upazila.

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