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A father and his son were killed while another three injured as a private car hit a covered-van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Nishinda in Bhaluka upazila on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Kadir Master, 65, a village doctor and his son Jewel Khan of Jamirdia village of the upazila, reports UNB.
Mamunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka Model Police Station, said the accident took place when a speeding private car hit the covered-van from behind around 9 am, leaving Kadir dead on the spot, and four including his three sons - Jewel Khan, Bachir Khan, Biplob Khan - injured.
Locals took them to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where Jewel Khan died while undergoing treatment, police said.