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Man killed in train accident


Published : 02 Oct 2020 10:09 PM

A covered van driver was killed and another man was injured as a Sirajganj Express train hit the vehicle in Tangail on Friday morning.

The collision took place at about 7:30 am on Bangabandhu Bridge East Link Road in Kalihati upazila, said police.

Iftekhar Rokon, a traffic inspector at Bangabandhu Bridge station, said, “The covered van and a truck collided on the spot at first. The collision then threw the van onto the adjacent Joydebpur-Bangabandhu Bridge rail line while a moving train hit the vehicle again.”

However, no passenger of the train was hurt in the incident. Later, the train managed to go to a nearby railway station. Rail communication is normal now, he added.