3 train roof passengers killed being hit by bridge girder

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UNB, Pabna :
The people were killed and four others injured after being hit by overhead girder of Hardinge bridge, Pakshi while travelling on a train roof at Pakshi point in Ishwardi upazila of the district and Bherama point of the bridge in Kushtia district early Friday.
Two of the deceased were identified as Hakim, 17, son of Hafiza rRahman and Rabiul, 20, son of Jalaluddin of Shibganj upazila of Bogura districtwhile the identities of others could not be known immediately.
In-charge of Pakshi police camp,
Shahidul Islam, said some passengers, who were travelling on the roof of Khulna-bound Inter-city Chitra Express Train from Dhaka, fell from the roof after being hit by the girder of the bridge at Pakshi point. Two of them died on the spot, he said.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Kushtia Sadar thana Jahidul Islam, said one person was killed and four others injured as they fell from the train roof after being hit by girder of the bridge at Bheramara link point.
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