Three killed as train hits them in Gazipur

Three people have been killed as a train hit a pickup van at Kaliganj in Gazipur on Saturday morning.

Two of the deceased are pickup van driver Md Mridul Hossain, 22, and his assistant Jakir Hossain, 20.

According to police and locals, a Dhaka-bound train of Egarosindhur hit a palm-laden pick up van around 10.30am at an unprotected rail gate at Nalchhata village, leaving three pick van passengers dead on the spot.