UNB, Nilphamari :
Four women were killed and four others injured when a train hit an auto-rickshaw carrying them at an unauthorised level crossing in the district’s Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Shefali Begum, 35, wife of Ashraf Ali, Chaya Banu, 26, wife of Belal Hossain, Ruma Akter, 25, wife of Mosharraf Hossain and Minara Akter, 22, wife of Arman Hossain. They all were workers of Uttara EPZ.
The victims were residents of Daroani Dhanipara village in Sadar upazila.
Abdur Rahman Biswas, officer-in-charge of Saidpur Railway police station, said the Chilahati-bound Simanta Express from Khulna crashed into the battery-run three wheeler in Daroani area around 7 am, leaving one dead on the spot and seven others injured.
The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared two of them dead.
The hospital authorities later referred three of the injured people to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, and another victim died on the way to the medical facility.
Police suspected that the accident occurred due to poor visibility caused by fog while crossing the unauthorised level-crossing.
