A truck driver and his assistant were killed when their vehicle was struck by a train at Ghoraghat rail crossing of Birampur upazila in Dinajpur on early Monday.
The deceased have been identified as truck driver Mahbubur Rahman and his assistance Arif Hossain, both residents of village Bhajanpur in Panchagarh鈥檚 Tetulia upazila.
Md Fakhrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Parbatipur Railway Police Station, said that at about 1:00am, a stone-laden truck traveling from Birampur was crossing the Ghoraghat railway crossing when it was struck by the Dhaka-bound intercity Ekota Express Train.
The collision left the truck twisted, and both the driver and the helper were killed on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies, he added.
A case would be filed regarding the accident, said the OC.
Local people Matiar Rahman and Azibor Rahman claimed that the accident took place because the gateman in charge of the railway crossing failed to lower the level crossing at the rail gate. The gateman was absconding since the incident.
Train services remained temporarily suspended due to the accident and normal operations resumed in the morning.
However, the truck blocking the road caused a long traffic jam, halting vehicle movement on the Dinajpur-Dhaka routes.
