Three die as train hits pick-up van in Gazipur

GAZIPUR, May 21 (UNB): Three people, including a local trader, were killed after their pick-up van was hit by a speeding train at an unmanned level crossing in the Pubail area of Gazipur district on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Mahsin, the trader, Midul, the pick-up van driver, and his helper Jakir Hossain.

The Dhaka-bound train crashed into the pick-up van in the morning, leaving all its three occupants dead on the spot, said sub-inspector Iqbal Hossain of Railway Police.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem.

Nagri-Nolchata rail service was suspended for nearly an hour after an accident, but is now back to normal, said Station Master Kamrul Islam.