Shawdesh desk:

At least five people were crushed by a speeding train at village Kamolpur under Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on early Monday.

The identities of the deceased couldn’t be known immediately. Two injured people were admitted at Narsingdi Sadar Hospital and they were receiving treatment at the hospital.

Safayet Hossain Polash, officer-in-charge of Raipura police station, said that local people spotted the bodies lying by Dhaka-Chattogram Rail Track at village Kamolpur under Palashtali union of the upazila in the early morning.

On information, the bodies were recovered from the spot and the injured were sent to the hospital, he said.

The OC said that the people might have been crushed under the wheels of the Dhaka-bound Teetas Commuter Train from Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura Station. The train was scheduled to cross Narsingdi by 7:00am.

Details about the incident would be shared later, he added.