Four people, including three children, were killed in a train accident in Nilphamari’s Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were Lina, 8, Mina, 7, Mominur Rahman, 4, three children of Rezwan Ali, and Shamim Hossain, 30. All of them were the residents of Kundopukur union in the upazila.
Niphamari Sadar Police Station OC Abdur Rauf said the three children were crushed under the wheels of Khulna-bound ‘Rusha Express’ train while playing in College Rail Station area around 8am.
Shamim was crushed while trying to save the minors.
After the accident, local people staged demonstration on the rail line.