Three people were killed on Thursday after a crowd caught up between two running trains was run-over by one of them at Dhaka’s Karwanbazar area. The accident, around 9 am, at the fish market straddling the rail tracks left several others injured. Three of those injured were in critical condition, doctors said. Kamalapur Railway Police Station OC Abdul Majid said the accident left a man dead on the spot while two died later in hospital. Fish traders gather on the railway tracks at Karwanbazar area everyday for selling their consignments. According to OC Majid, sellers and buyers at the market try to move around the tracks. That is when, he said, the Inter City Jamuna Express train, which was coming from Jamaplur, sped past the area around 8.40 am. At the same time the Chittagong bound Inter City Karnafuli Express was crossing it on the other track. The crowd got caught up in between the two running trains and at least 16 people were injured, said Railway’s Assistant Director (Operations) Md Saidul Islam. Eight of the injured have been rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said the hospital’s police outpost inspector Mozammel Haque. A woman died after being treated for an hour while a man died around 10.45am, he said. According to Haque, the female, wearing a pink burka, is in her early 20s while the man who died in the hospital was around 45. He was wearing a green t-shirt. Three of the injured have been identified as Monowara Begum, 45 and fruit traders Md Rakib, 20 and his uncle Fazlu Khan, 40. The others who are being treated are yet to be identified, said Haque.
