3 people including a child killed as train hit them in Tangail

Three people, including a child, were killed when a train hit them in Tangail‍‍`s Kalihati upazila tonight.

The identity of the deceased could not be immediately confirmed.

Quoting witnesses, Mohammad Toyob, assistant sub-inspector of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, said a Dhaka-bound bus failed and stopped at a stop at the Bangabandhu Bridge East link road in  Analiabari area around 8:30 p.m.

The incident occurred while several bus passengers were roaming around the rail line while the bus was being repaired. According to the SI, a train hit the three killing them on the spot, without providing any other information about how the incident happened.

He said that the older victims were male aged 30 to 35, and the child was 6/7 years old.