A seven-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a train in Bhangura upazila of Pabna on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Samiul Islam, son of Ashraful Islam of Alamnagar village under Parshwadanga Union in Chatmohar upazila.
Former Parshwadanga Union Parishad chairman Robiul Karim Tarek said, Samiul had gone to visit his paternal aunt's house in neighbouring Bhangura.
While walking beside the railway track on Tuesday afternoon, he was hit by the Rangpur Express, an intercity train travelling from Dhaka, at Kaidanga.
Locals rescued the child and took him to Bhangura Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty physician declared him dead.
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