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Mother, daughter killed as train hits autorickshaw in Ctg
Greenwatch Desk
Accidents
2025-10-02, 9:07pm
A 50-year-old woman and her daughter were killed and two others injured when a train hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Moulvipara level crossing in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Masuda Akter, wife of Badiul Alam and her daughter Sanjida Akter Chumki, 28 of Moulvipara area.
Quoting witnesses, Ashraf Siddique, in-charge of Railway Police, said the accident occurred in the afternoon when the Dhaka-bound ‘Mahanagar Express’ train hit the CNG-run auto-rickshaw while passing the level crossing, leaving two killed on the spot and two others injured.
The CNG-run auto-rickshaw got twisted after being hit by the train and rolled over nearly 100 feet away from the rail track, reports UNB.
The injured Badiul and his grandson Safwan were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.