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Two crushed under train in city

Saturday, 13 June 2015


Two unidentified people, including a woman, have been killed as trains hit them in separate incidents in the city’s Nakhalpara and Airport Railway Station areas. Sources at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said a 40-year-old woman was hit by a speedy train on the rail tracks near Nakhalpara Kitchen Market on Saturday morning. She died on the spot. Earlier on Friday, a 65-year-old man was hit by the intercity train ‘Silk City’ near the Airport Railway Station at about 3:30 pm. He was rushed to Kurmitola General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 6:30 pm, according to a news agency.