Boy hit by train while taking selfie in Kushtia

A 14-year-old boy drowned in the Garai river after being hit by a train while taking a selfie on Kumarkhali rail bridge in Kushtia district on Friday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Sami Hossain, a Class VII student of MN High School and son of Harun of Elengipara in Kumarkhali upazila.

Quamruzzaman Talukdar, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station, said that Sami and his three friends went to Kumarkhali rail bridge around 5pm for taking selfies. "He fell into the driver as the train hit him."

Fortunately, all his friends escaped unhurt.

On information, divers from the Khulna fire service rushed to the spot and fished out the body around 10:00pm.