Man dies being hit by train

A man was killed after being hit by a train in Biral upazila of Dinajpur today.

The deceased is Abdul Kuddus, 55, of Uttar Bahola village, reports our Dinajpur correspondent quoting police.

Amzad Hossain, chairman of Bijora Union Parishad in Biral, said a Panchagarh-bound commuter train hit the man this morning when he tried to cross the rail tracks at Kanchan Railway Station, killing him on the spot.

Police handed over the body to his family members, said Golam Mawla, officer-in-charge of Biral Police Station.