A 20-year-old youth was crushed to death by a speeding train in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram while crossing the tracks with earphones on, police said on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Saiful, a resident of the upazila.

Chattogram-bound Chattala Express train hit the youth near Kumira railway station on Wednesday night, dragging him around five kilometres down the railway tracks, said Azizul Haque, assistant station master of Kumira railway station.

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When the train stopped at the station, passengers found the body hanging from the engine hook of the train, he added.

The body was later handed over to Chattogram Government Railway Police (GRP) station, said the station master.

On Tuesday, a man Omar Faruk, 28, died after being hit by a speeding train in the Salimpur area of Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday night. He was playing guitar while sitting on the railway track near his house.