Tangail: A couple was killed and their son injured in a road accident at Mohalpara on the Tangail-Mymensingh Highway in Ghatail upazila of Tangail on Wednesday morning.

Police said Sultan Mahmud Khan, along with his wife Rowshan Ara Begum, and son Rabbi, was heading to Kalihati from Gopalpur riding on his motorcycle.

The accident took place when they reached Mohalpara as a speedy truck, coming from the opposite direction, knocked down the motorbike around 8:30am, leaving Sultan dead on the spot and Rowshan and Rabbi injured.

Later, Rowshan succumbed to her injuries on her way to hospital, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station M Mahiuddin said, adding Rabbi was undergoing treatment at Tangail General Hospital.