A trader was killed being hit by a freight train on Khilgaon level crossing in Dhaka on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Elias Mahmud,47, a resident of Basabo area. He had a business of lighting signboard. Witnesses said he fell down when The Kamalapur Railway Station- bound freight  train hit him while he was passing the level crossing. Also read: Man killed after being hit by train Elias’s legs got detached and he jsustained severe head injuries, said sub-inspector of Kamalapur railway police station Shahjahan. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead around 12 pm. Also read: 2 killed being hit by train in city