Train hits truck at M’singh level crossing; 1 killed 5 hurt

Trains of Bangladesh Railway.

Mymensingh, Oct 09 – A man was killed and five others sustained injuries in a collision between a truck and a Dhaka-bound Mahua Express train at Kewatkhali bypass rail crossing in Mymensingh city on Monday evening.

The deceased was identified as Babul.

According to locals, a truck loaded with goods got stuck at the bypass rail crossing in Kewatkhali around 7:30 pm on Monday.

Locals, including the driver, could not move the truck from the railway line despite frantic efforts which caused a collision with Dhaka-bound Mahua Express train from Mymensingh, leaving one train passenger, who was sitting in front of the engine of the train, dead and five injured.

Later, locals rescued the injured and admitted them to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.

Mohiuddin, officer-in-charge of Railway Police Station, said train services on Dhaka-Mymensingh road remained suspended for two hours after the incident. - UNB