4 killed as train rams bus
Our Correspondent, Tangail
Four people were killed and 25 were injured when a speedy train rammed a passenger bus at Dherua Rail Crossing on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Mirzapur upazila in the district yesterday afternoon. Of the dead, one was identified as bus passenger Mohammad Sumon, 20, son of Fazlu Miah of Rashid Deohata village of the upazila. The identities of the rest could not be known immediately. Police and witnesses said that the tragic accident occurred at around 4:30pm as the Rajshahi-bound inter-city train Silk City from Dhaka crashed into the Jamalpur-bound bus from Dhaka at the rail crossing, pushing it into a roadside ditch. One unidentified bus passenger died on the spot immediately. The train, however, did not stop and continued its journey to Rajshahi. Local people rescued and sent the injured to Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital. Three of them, including Sumon, 20, died in the hospital. Among the rest, the condition of 10 was critical, hospital sources said. Badrul Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirzapur Police Station, told The Daily Star that it had been raining when the accident happened and there was no signalman at the crossing. Mirzapur police recovered the bodies and sent them to Tangail General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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