Sexagenarian woman crushed under train

A 60-year-old woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at Thakurgaon railway station on Saturday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Rashida Begum, wife of Yusuf Ali of Akcha-Bakserhat village in Sadar upazila.

Witnesses said that Rashida came to see off her son Rabiul Islam who was going to Dhaka.

When she tried to get off the moving train hurriedly she fell on the rail tracks and was crushed under its wheels.

Assistant station master of Thakurgaon railway Anup Basak said that the body will be handed over to the family with the permission of the authorities concerned.