A woman and her mentally challenged son were crushed under the wheels of a train near Kahalu rail station here in Kahalu upazila on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Felani Begum, 55 and Raj Babu, 25 of Sagatia village in Kahalu municipality area.
Dhaka-bound ‘Lalmoni Express’ train hit the woman and her son around 1:30 pm while they were crossing the rail track, leaving them dead on the spot, said Zia Latiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Kahalu Police Station.
On information, police recovered the bodies.