<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A man and his 40-day-old daughter died on Friday as the car carrying them fell into a canal along Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet, police said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased were identified as Rubel Ahmed, 35, from Shibpur upazila in Narsingdi and his daughter Rahi Akter Adori, said Golam Dastagir, Officer-in-Charge of Jaintapur police station.</div><div><br></div><div>Rubel’s wife Kajal Akter, 30, her brother Rasel Ahmed,48 and his wife Anika Akter,30 sustained injuries in the accident. They were admitted&nbsp; to MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital in Sylhet.</div><div><br></div><div>The family was heading toward Jaflong from Sylhet on a sight-seeing&nbsp; tour, said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>Rasel&nbsp; who was driving the car lost control of it as they reached a bridge near Lakshmipur area around 9:30 am and the vehicle fell into the roadside canal.</div><div><br></div><div>The locals managed to rescue the five injured passengers from the vehicle but doctors at Jaintapur upazila health complex announced Rahi dead on arrival.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, Rubel was declared dead when taken to MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital, said OC Golam Dastagir, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The bodies have been sent for an autopsy and the highway police have been informed to fish out the vehicle from the canal, said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>