4 killed, 10 hurt as train hits bus on Gazipur evel crossing

Bus overturned after being hit by train.

Gazipur, July 24 – Two people were killed and ten others injured when a train hit a bus on an unauthorised railway level crossing at Sripur of Gazipur district on Sunday morning, said police.

One of the deceased were identified as Rahima Khatun Priya, 22, a worker of Zaman Fashion Wears Ltd and wife of Julhas Mia of Baliapara village in the upazila while the identity of another person could not be known yet.

Sripur Railway Station Master Harun-ur-Rashid said  Netrakona-bound ‘Balaka Express’ train from Dhaka hit the bus carrying RMG workers on Maijhpara railway level crossing around 7:15 am while it was passing the it, leaving one dead on the spot and eleven others injured.

The injured were taken to a local hospital where three other victims were declared dead. - UNB