Youth crushed under train

An unidentified young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Puniaut level-crossing near Brahmanbaria railway station in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Thursday.

A Dhaka-bound train, “Karnaphuli Express”, hit the man while he was passing the level-crossing around 5:00pm, leaving him dead on the spot, said Brahmanbaria railway station police camp sub-inspector Sanaul Islam.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to sadar hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.