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Train rams car killing 3 in Dinajpur

Accidents 2022-02-02, 11:12am

Accident - A car rammed by a speeding train was badly damaged in Ghoraghat area of Dinajpur's Birampur upazila early on Wednesday.



Dinajpur, Feb 2 -- Three persons were killed after their car was hit by a speeding train at an unmanned level crossing in the Ghoraghat area of Dinajpur's Birampur upazila early on Wednesday, police said.

Sumon Kumar Mahanta, officer-in-charge of Birampur Police Station, said that Dinajpur-bound Kurigram Express crashed into the private car around 6.50am, leaving the three occupants, including its driver, dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the local hospital morgue. "However, the identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained," the OC said. - UNB