Faridpur, Oct. 23 -- Five people, including a mother and her son, were killed and at least seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Faridpur on Friday.

In the first incident, a sand-laden truck overturned onto an autorickshaw and a private car in the Tetultala area of Kanaipur on the Dhaka-Khulna highway around 3:30pm, killing Sumi Begum, 32, and her son Shaon, 7. Four passengers of the private car were injured.

Senior Station Officer of Faridpur Fire Service Sribas Baroi said the truck reportedly lost control and overturned, causing the accident. The injured were receiving treatment at hospital.

In another accident, three people were killed when a Magura-bound ambulance collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound King Fisher bus...