A man and his six-year-old son were killed, and four others including a woman were critically injured, in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Kendua-Netrokona road in Netrokona on Friday noon.
The deceased were identified as Mahmudul Haque Shaheen, 40, a deed writer at the Kendua Sub-Registry Office, and his son Rajin, 6. They were residents of Amtali village under Dalpa Union in Kendua upazila.
The injured were identified as Shaheen’s wife Tuhin, 29, their daughter Mumu, 7, Md Washid, 35, hailing from Nandail upazila in Mymensingh, and Washid’s wife.
According to police and local sources, the crash occurred at noon at the Durgapur Lahiri Bari intersection (Mor) on the Kendua-Netrokona road when the two motorcycles collided head-on. Local residents rescued the victims and rushed them to the Kendua Upazila Health Complex, where duty doctors declared the father and son dead.
Among the injured, Washid and his wife were transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for advanced medical treatment. An injured woman remained in critical condition, though her identity could not be immediately confirmed at the time.
Kendua Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Tariqul Islam, confirmed the incident, saying that the bodies of the deceased father and son are currently kept at the Kendua Upazila Health Complex. Necessary legal action regarding the incident is currently in progress.
