A teenager died after being run over by a train while he was filming a TikTok video to celebrate Covid-19 vaccination in Rajbari’s Kaluakhali area.
The accident took place around 10:15am on Wednesday.
The victim was been identified as Alhaj Hossain Mandal, 17.
Nazmul Haque, Kaluakhali railway station master confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.
The boy, along with his friends, went to the railway bridge after receiving his Covid-19 jab at Pangsha Upazila Health Complex earlier in the day.
When the train approached them, everyone except for Mandal managed to cross the bridge, local people said.
The body of the deceased was sent to Rajbari Sadar Hospital for autopsy, Masud Alam, officer-in-charge of Rajbari railway police, said.