A Correspondent:
Chattogram: Two people were killed when a train hit an auto-rickshaw at East Kathgarh BOC inter-section level crossing in Satkania upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Abu Taher, 50, son of Abdul Mabud alias Kana Mamud of Mainga-para area under Kaliaish Union and auto-rickshaw driver Abdus Shukkur, 40, of Dharmapur Union.
The accident occurred around noon when a Dhaka-bound train from Cox’s Bazar rammed the auto-rickshaw while it was crossing the level crossing, leaving one dead on the spot and another injured.
The injured was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Later, local people blocked the railway tracks, disrupting train services on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar route.
On information, police and railway officials rushed to the spot and brought the situation under con-trol.
