A 68-year-old woman and her eight-year-old grandson were killed after being hit by the Chittagong University (CU)-bound shuttle train at a level-crossing at Oxygen in the Bayezid area of the Chattogram port city on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Rzia Begum and her grandson Sahil of Banshkhali upazila. Both of them were residents of Pathanpara in Oxygen area.
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Nur Alam Ashique, sub-inspector of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital police camp, said the accident occurred in the area in the afternoon, when the shuttle train hit them while passing the level-crossing, leaving them injured.
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Later, they were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared them dead.