Student dies after being hit by train

A 19-year-old college student died after being hit by a train in Dhaka's Tejgaon yesterday morning.

The deceased was identified as Saeed Abdullah who sat for the HSC exam from Tejgaon Science College.

Saeed died on the spot after a train hit him as he was walking on the rail tracks around 11:00am, said Kamrul Islam, a sub-inspector of Dhaka Railway Police Station. The body was sent to DMCH morgue for an autopsy.