Three people, including a minor child, were killed when a train hit them in Tangail`s Kalihati upazila on Friday.
The identities of the deceased including two men aged between 30 to 35 could not be known immediately.
Quoting witnesses, Mohammad Toyob, assistant sub-inspector of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, said a Dhaka-bound bus malfunctioned and stopped near the Bangabandhu Bridge East link road in Analiabari area around 8:30pm.
The accident occurred as some passengers of the bus were roaming around the rail line while the bus was being repaired. The train hit the three and left them dead on the spot, said the SI without specifying more details on how the incident took place.
