The deceased are Abdul Hakim, 32, Rezaul Kabir Raju, 38, a resident of Keshabpur upazila, Chayan, 10, son of Nityapad Biswas of Tirerhat village of sadar upazila, and Chayan’s grandmother Joya Rani Sarkar, 55.
Depika Rani, mother of Chayan, who was undergoing treatment at Jessore Sadar Hospital, told the Dhaka Tribune that they were going to Tirerhat area from Keshabpur by the car. When the car reached Mathurapur around 11am, a train hit their car, leaving four of her relatives dead on the spot.
Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model police station Elias Hossain said the train Chitra Express was heading towards Rajshahi from Khulna.
He, however, said three people were declared dead after they were taken to the hospital.
Local people said they had found body of Joya Rani on the spot after police took three bodies to the Sadar Hospital. Later, relatives of the deceased took the body to her residence.
Witnesses said the train hit the car as there was no gate man at the level crossing.
Accident at level crossings have turned into a regular phenomenon due to illegal level crossings across Bangladesh.
On May 16, two women were killed and four others injured when an oil-laden railway wagon rammed into a BRTC bus at a rail crossing in Chittagong city’s Sholoshahar gate.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
