Susanta Kumar Das, 33, of Fulbari station, was killed in a collision between a truck and a freight train at Fulbari in Dinajpur. The accident took place at Swajanpukur Gumti area near Phulbari station around 1pm on Monday.
Station Master. Rafiq Chowdhury said that after the accident, the train service across the country through Parbatipur and Phulbari was closed for 5 hours and the train movement became normal at 6:10 am on Tuesday. Work is underway to rescue the freight train and the truck from the accident site.
Truck driver collided with a freight train. Saidul said the train was pushing the truck backwards as it was crossing the Phulbari railway station in thick fog at around 1pm on Monday on its way to Bogra from Thakurgaon. The truck fell.
Phulbari railway station station master at the time. Israfil Sarkar said the passenger train entered line 1 at Phulbari station at 1:05 pm on Monday. At that time, the MGBC Maltrain from Parbatipur to Dhaka entered the same line before clearing the line. The Khulna Mail train stood on the platform of Phulbari station on the same line. The accident took place when a truck carrying sacks of paddy was pushed past the rail gate of Swajanpukur Gumti area near the station. When the train entered line 1, there would be a head-on collision with the standing train. This would have caused extensive damage, including the number of casualties. We have survived the great danger for a short time.
He said the truck is currently on the side of the line. Train movement has been normalized on line 2 with a delay of 5 hours. Pakshi control was informed immediately after the incident.
Parbatipur GRP Police Station SI Abu Saeed said, "After learning about the incident, we reached Phulbari." The body of pointsman Susanta was recovered from the bottom of the truck on Tuesday morning with the help of Phulbari Fire Service.
