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Vol. 5 Num 938 Thu. January 18, 2007  
   
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3 die after falling from train roof


Three train passengers were killed and two others injured critically as they fell from the roof of a moving train at Kulaura station here on Tuesday night.

The identity of the dead and injured could not be known.

Railway sources said the accident occurred at about 9:00pm when five passengers travelling on the roof of Sylhet-bound Jayantika Express from Dhaka fell when they slammed into the overhead bridge at the station. Three of them died on the spot.

The injured passengers were admitted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.