Mirsharai tragedy: Another accident victim dies, toll now 13

Train hits a microbus at Mirsharai killing 11 inmates on the spot.

Chattogram, Aug 7 -- A 16-year-old student succumbed to injuries on Saturday at CMCH raising the death toll to 13 from the accident involving a running train hitting a microbus stuck on a level crossing in Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram, said a physician of the hospital.

The deceased was identified as Tasmir Hasan, a passenger of the ill-fated microbus. He was an SSC examinee from KS Nazumiyahat High School.

Tasmir breathed his last around 9:50 pm while undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for the last eight days, said CMCH’s intensive care unit (ICU) Dr Harun Or Rashid.

Dr Harun said Tasmir was treated at the ICU as suffered severe head and neck injuries in the accident.

On Friday, another victim Ayat Hossain succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at CMCH.

On July 29, eleven people, all aged 20 to 30, died after a speeding express train hit the microbus carrying them at a level crossing in Mirsharai.

Seven of them were SSC and HSC examinees, while three of them were young teachers from a coaching centre named ‘R&J Private Care’ and another was the microbus driver.

They were returning home at Aminbazar area of Hathazari after a tour of the Khoiyachora Waterfall in the hills of Mirsharai.

The Chattogram-bound Mahanagar Provati express from Dhaka ploughed through the microbus, dragging it around a kilometre down the railway track. - UNB