Four killed as a locomotive hits 3-wheeler
Four people were killed and two others injured as a train engine hit a battery-run three-wheeler on an unmanned level crossing in Rangpur's Pirgachha upazila yesterday afternoon.
The dead are Hamidul Islam Dukhu, 35, driver of the vehicle, its passengers Nurnahar Begum, 32, Mostafizur Rahman, 30, and Sumi Begum, 28.
Md Shamsuzzoha, station master of Pirgachha Railway Station, said the engine was heading for Bonarpara from the central locomotive factory in Parbatipur.
While crossing Annadanagar village in Pirgachha, the engine hit the three-wheeler on the level crossing around 1:00pm, leaving two people dead on the spot, he added.
Locals rushed to the scene and sent four injured to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Of them, Mostafizur and Sumi died soon after being admitted to the hospital.
Ferdous Begum, 33, and Hamida Begum, 40, were undergoing treatment.
Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Pirgachha Police Station, said he informed Government Railway Police of Bonarpara about the incident.
The bodies of the victims were handed to their relatives.
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