Father, son crushed under wheels of train in Kushtia

A man and his son were crushed under the wheels of a train near Poradah railway junction in Mirpur upazila yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Badsha, 40, farmer of Shimultola village of same upazila and his son Ridoy, 12, class II student of a local primary school.
Witnesses said Rupsha, a Rajshahi-bound train, coming from Khulna, hit them while they were crossing the rail track leaving them dead on the spot at noon.
On information, railway police recovered the bodies and sent them to General Hospital morgue for autopsy.