Three members of the same family were killed after a truck ran over a motorcycle in the Ambariya area of Dighalia upazila in Khulna. The crash occurred at about 9:30pm on Friday. The victims were residents of Uthali village in Kalia upazila of Narail: Farzana, 22, wife of Sheikh Shihab; his sister-in-law Rubia, 20; and a 22-month-old girl.

Police said Sheikh Shihab was travelling from Khulna to Kalia on a motorcycle with the two adult women and the child. When they reached Ambariya, a truck coming from the opposite direction ran over the motorcycle. The two women and the child riding on the motorcycle died at the scene.

Sheikh Shihab, who was driving the motorcycle, survived the crash. Dighalia police station investigation officer Shubhra Prokash Das confirmed the three deaths. Police have seized the truck involved, and legal proceedings are under way. The deaths have cast a pall of grief over Uthali village and the victims' relatives.