Two teens killed as train hits them

A teenage boy and a girl were killed after an intercity train hit them at Banasua railway bridge, on the fringe of Cumilla city, yesterday.

The deceased were Setu Rani Roy, 15, daughter of Subol Roy of Dharmapur and Sawpnil Haque Aditta, 13, son of Monirul Haque of Shasongasa. Both the villages are close to the city.

Setu was a ninth grader at Cumilla Railway High School and Sawpnil a seventh grader at Police Lines High School. 

Railway construction workers Sukkur and Jewel, who witnessed the accident, said Chattogram-bound Mahanagar Express hit them when they were trying to cross the bridge, around 11:00am.

The boy was already on the other side of the bridge, but the girl was stuck in the gap between two sleepers, they said, adding that the boy came back to rescue her, but they could not make it to the other side in time.

The railway bridge area on the Gumti river bank is a common hangout among people of the city and surrounding areas. The teenagers were among the visitors.

Sub-inspector Mishbaul Alam Chowdhury, in charge of Cumilla railway police outpost, said, “An unnatural death case was filed.”