A covered van carrying poultry feed was shattered and split in half after being hit by a train at an unguarded railway crossing in Jashore's Jhikargacha. The driver of the covered van was seriously injured in the accident.
The incident took place on Wednesday (November 4) around 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM in the Joykrishnapur area near Gazirdorgah of the upazila. Locals rescued him and took him to the Jashore 250-bed General Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
The station master of Jhikargacha railway station and the in-charge of the railway police outpost stated that the cabin of the vehicle was detached due to the collision with the train coming from Benapole. Train movement remains normal and the body has been kept in the morgue for autopsy.
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