TRAIN PLOUGHS INTO CROWD: 3 killed, 6 injured at Karwan Bazar
Shirshobindu News Desk: People gather around a basket full of bananas by the rail track after its owner was hit by a train at Karwan Bazar in the capital on Thursday. Vendors and hawkers selling their goods on the rail lines are a common scenario all over the country. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Three persons including a banana trader were killed and six injured as a train ploughed through a crowd which gathered on the rail track near the Karwan Bazar kitchen market in Dhaka this morning.
The accident took place around 8:45am when two trains -- Karnaphuli Express and Jamuna Express -- were passing by the area from opposite directions, Abu Ahmed, a gateman of Karwan Bazar rail crossing, told The Daily Star.
Many pedestrians were on the rail track as the trains neared the point.
Mohammad, who...