Mother, daughter killed in autorickshaw crash

Mother and Infant Die After Bus Hits Autorickshaw in Sylhet

Thebangladaily.com – A young mother and her nine-month-old daughter have died after a bus collided with the battery-powered autorickshaw in which they were travelling in Sylhet.

The crash took place at about 6:45pm on Saturday, August 10, in the Keorachhara area of Dhopagul under Sylhet Sadar upazila. The victims were identified as 20-year-old Sumaiya Siddika Tania and her daughter, Inaiya Jannat.

Both mother and child lived in the Shahporan area of Sylhet city. Their deaths have brought renewed attention to the devastating consequences that can follow collisions involving vulnerable three-wheelers and larger passenger vehicles on busy roads.

Passengers critically injured

Police said the bus struck the autorickshaw, leaving Tania and Inaiya severely injured. They were passengers in the three-wheeler at the time of the collision.

“A bus collided with a battery-powered auto-rickshaw, leaving the mother and daughter, who were passengers in the three-wheeler, critically injured.”

The statement was made by Shahidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sylhet Airport Police Station. After the impact, the injured mother and daughter were rescued and taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for emergency treatment.

Doctors on duty at the hospital declared both of them dead after they were brought in. The deaths of an adult and an infant in the same incident underline the particular risks faced by passengers travelling in smaller, less-protected vehicles when crashes occur.

Legal procedures under way

The bodies were kept in the hospital morgue following the fatalities. Police said they would be handed over to relatives once the required legal formalities had been completed.

Road crashes often leave families facing immediate grief as well as difficult practical matters, including hospital procedures, police documentation and the return of loved ones’ bodies. In this case, those formalities began after the two victims were pronounced dead at the medical college hospital.

The incident occurred in Sylhet Sadar upazila, an area connected to the wider Sylhet city region. Roads used by buses, autorickshaws and other local transport can involve vehicles of sharply different sizes and speeds sharing the same space. When a larger vehicle collides with a lightweight passenger three-wheeler, occupants have little physical protection from the force of impact.

A loss felt beyond the crash site

Tania was only 20 years old, while Inaiya was nine months old. Their deaths turn a road collision into a profound family tragedy, cutting short the lives of a mother and her infant daughter in a single evening.

For residents and regular road users, such incidents are a reminder of the need for caution around autorickshaws, especially where traffic is mixed and visibility, road conditions or sudden movements can create danger. Drivers of buses and other large vehicles carry a heightened responsibility when operating near smaller transport, cyclists and pedestrians because the consequences of a collision can be especially severe.

Passengers also depend on the care of drivers and the safety of the roads on which they travel. Even an ordinary journey can become life-threatening when traffic rules are ignored or when vehicles fail to leave enough room for one another. The fatal crash in Keorachhara has again highlighted the human cost of road accidents for families across Sylhet.

Police have not provided further details about the circumstances that led to the collision. The immediate confirmed facts are that a bus hit a battery-powered autorickshaw on Saturday evening, critically injuring Tania and her daughter, and that both later died at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

As legal procedures continue, the family of Sumaiya Siddika Tania and Inaiya Jannat is left to mourn two lives lost in a crash that occurred within moments on a road in Sylhet Sadar.