Train has been hit by a truck on the railway track in the afternoon of Thursday in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur. Train assistant driver died on the spot. At least 10 people were injured.
The driver of the train derailed in Joydevpur-Jamuna Bridge railway line, Nur Alam Sharif (45). Home Faridpur Among the injured, the train driver is also there. But his name was not known.
Railway Station and Fire Service sources said that the accident happened around 2:30 in the morning. Since then, train movement in this train was closed, said the station officer of Joydevpur Railway Junction Shahjahan Mia. He said the movement was normalized after the accident took place at around 8am.
Kaliakair Fire Service Station War House Inspector According to Ibrahim Chowdhury, there is a factory of producing electric poles in the village of Vitbaharpur. A truck carrying a pillar was going towards Chandra from Gazipur Sadar upazila on Monday night. The truck was crippled by rail crossings. At the same time, the Lalmonir Express train was going towards Lalmonirhat from Dhaka. The train collided with the truck on the railway line at around 2:30 in the morning. The train stopped and went to Goalbathana railway crossing area about two kilometers away. Train assistant driver Nur Alam Sharif was killed on the spot.
Kaliakair fire service rescuers went to the spot and rescued the driver and took him to Kaliakair Upazila Health Complex. The duty doctor declared him dead. One of the seriously injured Sohel Rana was admitted to the hospital. At least nine people were injured.
Gazipur Railway Police Outpost Sub-Inspector (SI) Rakibul Haque said, the railway officials took the Bikal train to the local Ratanpur railway station at around 8am.
Mirzapur Railway Station Master Nurul Huda commented that after the accident, the Dhananjay Express train from Rajshahi was seized at around 6:30 am on Mirzapur Railway Station. Dhaka-bound Sundarbans Express is trapped at Mahera Railway Station in Mirzapur, Nilasagar Express in Tangail, Ekta Express on the east side of the Bangabandhu Bridge and Sirajganj Express at the western end of the Bangabandhu Bridge. Later, the movement of these trains started
