Young man killed after being hit by train in Dhaka

A 25-year-old man named Raihan was killed after being hit by a train in the Mohakhali rail gate area of the capital. The incident occurred at around 6:30 pm on Wednesday.

Raihan worked at a roadside hotel near the Mohakhali rail gate and lived in a rented house in the area. His village home was in Barishal district.

Nazrul Islam, the hotel owner who brought Raihan to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Raihan was walking beside the railway tracks in the Mohakhali rail gate area in the evening when a train traveling from Kamalapur to the airport hit him. The impact threw him onto the road and left him with a head injury.

He was later rescued and admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The attending physician declared him dead at around 9:00 pm while he was undergoing treatment.

Mohammad Habibur Rahman, in charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost, said the body had been kept in the hospital morgue. The relevant railway police station had been informed about the incident.