A policeman was killed and another was injured as a train hit a police van at Sheikherbhita railway crossing on Jamalpur-Dewanganj tracks in Sadar upazila early this morning.
Deceased Ahsan Habib, 32, was a constable at Jamalpur Sadar police station and hailed from Netrokana’s Kalmakanda upazila.
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The injured constable, Ariful Islam, was undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Jamalpur Railway Police Station confirmed the matter, saying that the accident happened early in the morning when a Dewanganj-bound local train from Mymensingh hit the police van while the locomotive was passing the Sheikherbhita rail crossing.
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The accident left constable Ahsan dead on the spot and Ariful critically injured, he said.