A 17-year-old student succumbed to injuries on Saturday night, raising the death toll to 13 from the accident involving a running train hitting a microbus stuck on a level crossing in Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram.
Tasmir Hasan died around 10 pm while undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for the last seven days, said soures at the CMCH said.
On July 29, eleven people, all aged 20 to 30, died after a speeding express train hit the microbus carrying them at a level crossing in Mirsharai. Seven of them were SSC and HSC examinees, while three of them were young teachers from a coaching centre named ‘R&J Private Care’ and another was the microbus driver.
They were returning home at Aminbazar area of Hathazari after a tour of the Khoiyachora Waterfall in the hills of Mirsharai, according to accounts of rescue workers.
The Chattogram-bound Mahanagar Provati express from Dhaka ploughed through the microbus, dragging it around a kilometre down the railway track.
The 12th victim died at the hospital on Friday.
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