Train ignores signal, rams truck in Dinajpur
Level crossing gateman killed Our Correspondent, Dinajpur Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
A gateman was killed at a level crossing as a freight train hit a truck in Dinajpur s Phulbari upazila early yesterday.
The dead, Sushanto Kumar Das, 28, was an employee of Bangladesh Railway under Pakshey railway zone. He hailed from Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.
Israfil Sarkar, stationmaster of Phulbari Railway Station, said Chilahati-bound Rocket Mail train from Khulna was waiting at platform-1 for clearance around 1:00am. At that time, a freight train from Dinajpur s Parbatipur upazila was heading towards the station. The train was supposed to be given clearance for entering platform-2.