An 18-year-old youth was killed after being struck by a train in the New Bazar area of Amirabad Union, Lohagara Upazila, Chattogram, on Tuesday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Md Tipu, son of Md Shahjahan, a resident of Harbang village in Chokoria Upazila, Cox’s Bazar.
According to local sources, Tipu was walking along the railway tracks while wearing headphones when he was hit by the Coral Express train en route to Cox’s Bazar. He was seriously injured and later rescued by nearby residents, who took him to the Lohagara Trauma Centre. The duty doctor at the emergency department declared him dead.
Didar Hossain, Station Master of Lohagara Railway Station, said that following a request from the family, the railway police handed over the body to the relatives for burial without conducting a post-mortem.
