At least two people were killed, and four others injured, as a truck laden with iron parts went out of control and fell into a water body under Fatki bridge in Shahjahanpur upazila last night.

Quoting witnesses, Sub-Inspector of Kunderhat Highway Police outpost Kazal Kumar Nandi, said the truck carrying iron rod angles, on its way to Thakurgaon from Savar, fell from Fatki bridge on the Bogura-Rangpur highway near Sajapur village and into the water body around 11:30am, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring four others.

The dead, Zayeda Begum, 45, and her daughter Sabina Islam, 20, were travelling on the vehicle, he said.

The injured, Md Qaiyum Islam, 60, Zayeda's husband and Sabina's father; Arman, 4, Zayeda's son; and Md Jany, 25, her son-in-law, also travelling in the truck; and Shohag Shah, 28, the truck driver, were rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura, said Abdul Aziz, sub-inspector of Bogura Shilimpur Medical outpost, adding that all the dead and injured were from Sajapur village.

Speaking to The Daily Star, Qaiyum mourned the loss of his wife and daughter as he lay on his hospital bed. “I left Savar with my wife almost 25 years ago. We lived in Dhaka where I worked as a rickshaw puller. We were going back to our village on the truck, driven by my brother's son, to fulfill my dream of living in the village with the rest of my family permanently. That dream was snatched away from me by this tragedy,” he said.

Monirul Islam, a fire fighter at Bogura Fire Services and Civil Defense, who rushed to the spot along with the other fighters and later took part in the rescue operation, said, “The mother and daughter were sitting on the iron-rod angles along with their furniture while the others were in the driver's cabin.”

The truck was carrying approximately 10 tonnes of iron-rod angles, said Md Bazlur Rashid, senior station officer of Bogura Fire Services and Civil Defense.

Witnesses told police that the truck driver seemed fatigued and sleepy which may have been the reason he lost control over the steering, leading to the accident.

Sub-Inspector of Shahjahanpur Police Station Shahjahan Ali said the bodies were still in hospital and yet to be handed over to family.