Two, including child, killed in Ctg train accident

Two people, including a child, were killed and another person was injured in a train accident in the city on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Delwar Hossain alias Mintu, 55, a resident of Sonagazi upazila in Feni, and Mohammad Rahat, 10, son of Md Faruk. The injured person was identified as Abdur Rahman, 30.
Sources said Rahat and another unidentified child got onto the railway track near Sholoshahar Gate No 2 after Juma prayers.
Delwar, who worked as an electrician at a nearby building, and Abdur Rahman noticed an approaching train and rushed to save the boys. Delwar managed to push Rahat away from the track but was hit by the Cox’s Bazar-bound Tourist Express and died on the spot.
Rahat suffered severe injuries, including the severing of one hand and a leg, and was admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), where he later died. Rahman was also injured while trying to save the unidentified child during the same incident. He was admitted to the CMCH casualty ward.