Five killed by train in Tangail

Five people were killed after being run over by a train in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila last night. The deceased include three women and a child.

They have been identified as Sultan Mahmud, 28; Dola, 45; Nargis, 30; Ripa, 20; and Nirob, 12, from Sadullapur upazila in Gaibandha district, according to Mizanur Rahman, sub-inspector of Tangail Railway Station police outpost.

The accident happened around 7:45pm on the Tangail-Jamuna Bridge East rail line in the Jogar Char area.

How the victims got on the rail lines and how they failed to notice the train could not be ascertained immediately.

Citing witnesses, police said the deceased were passengers of a Dhaka-bound bus from Gaibandha. SI Mizanur said the bus ran out of fuel, and the driver and helper pulled over and went to fetch fuel. Some passengers then got off and wandered onto the rail lines beside the highway.

Some of them may have not noticed the approaching train, the police official said.