Selfie craze costs his life
A teenage boy met a tragic death while taking selfie in front of a running train in Ashuganj upazila of the district yesterday.
The incident took place at newly inaugurated President Zillur Rahman Railway Bridge on the Meghna river in its Ashuganj side at 3:00pm.
The identity of the victim, aged about 17, could not be known immediately.
“Standing on the railway track, the boy was trying to take a selfie on his mobile when Mysmensingh-bound intercity train Bijoy Express from Chittagong hit him. He died on the spot,” said Bhairab Railway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Majid.
The body was taken to the police station, he said.
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