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3 die as train hits pick-up van in Gazipur
Three people, including a local trader, were killed after their pick-up van was hit by a speeding train at an unmanned level crossing in the Pubail area of Gazipur district on Saturday.
Three people, including a local trader, were killed after their pick-up van was hit by a speeding train at an unmanned level crossing in the Pubail area of Gazipur district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Mahsin, the trader, Midul, the pick-up van driver, and his helper Jakir Hossain.
The Dhaka-bound train crashed into the pick-up van in the morning, leaving all its three occupants dead on the spot, said sub-inspector Iqbal Hossain of Railway Police.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem.