Teen wearing headphones killed by speeding train

A 15-year-old boy who was playing game on his cell phone plugging headphones was killed after being hit by a train in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram district on Tuesday night, UNB reports.

The deceased was identified as Md Russel, son of Majid Mia of Donibazar village.

Raju Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Rajarhat Police Station, said the Dhaka-bound ‘Rangpur Express’ hit the boy sitting on the railway track around 7.30 pm, leaving him dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to the local hospital morgue.