Staff Reporter :
At least five people, of a family including two kids, were killed when a Kolkata bound ‘Maitree Express’ train rammed into a private car at Sonakhali Rail Crossing in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Sunday morning.
The ill-fated people who met with the tragic end of their lives were identified as Tahmina Akhter, 38, her son Talha, 12, Laki Akhter, 35, and her daughter Nurjahan, 6, of Goalbatan village of Kaliakoir upazila and driver Minhazuddin, 32.
Train communication between Dhaka and South-Western, Western and Northern regions of the country had remained snapped for six-hours as two bogies of the train were derailed following the accident.
However, the train communication was restored at about 3:30pm, police and officials of Kamalapur Railway Station told The New Nation yesterday.
Motaleb Miah, Officer-in-Charge of Kaliakoir Police Station said the Kolkata-bound ‘Moitree Express’ train hit the private car at about 9:05am when it was crossing the rail tracks through the level crossing, leaving its driver and four members of a family dead on the spot.
“They were going to Trisha Mission School from their village home at Goalbatal,” the police official said.
Different Express trains such as Sirajganj Express, Sundarban Express, Dhumketu Express and Neel Sagar Express got stuck off at different railway stations following the accident.
In Sunday’s incident, the car driver appeared not to have heard whistle warning about the approaching train, locals said.
At least five people, of a family including two kids, were killed when a Kolkata bound ‘Maitree Express’ train rammed into a private car at Sonakhali Rail Crossing in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Sunday morning.
The ill-fated people who met with the tragic end of their lives were identified as Tahmina Akhter, 38, her son Talha, 12, Laki Akhter, 35, and her daughter Nurjahan, 6, of Goalbatan village of Kaliakoir upazila and driver Minhazuddin, 32.
Train communication between Dhaka and South-Western, Western and Northern regions of the country had remained snapped for six-hours as two bogies of the train were derailed following the accident.
However, the train communication was restored at about 3:30pm, police and officials of Kamalapur Railway Station told The New Nation yesterday.
Motaleb Miah, Officer-in-Charge of Kaliakoir Police Station said the Kolkata-bound ‘Moitree Express’ train hit the private car at about 9:05am when it was crossing the rail tracks through the level crossing, leaving its driver and four members of a family dead on the spot.
“They were going to Trisha Mission School from their village home at Goalbatal,” the police official said.
Different Express trains such as Sirajganj Express, Sundarban Express, Dhumketu Express and Neel Sagar Express got stuck off at different railway stations following the accident.
In Sunday’s incident, the car driver appeared not to have heard whistle warning about the approaching train, locals said.
