Rail link with Chattogram disrupts for 2 hrs

Rail communication between Chattogram and the rest of the country resumed after nearly two hours of suspension as a truck crashed into a train in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram on Sunday.

The accident occurred around 8:55 am at Sonapahar when the Sylhet-bound ‘Pahariaka Express’ train collided with the sand-laden truck on an unmanned level crossing, said witnesses, reports UNB.

No casualties were reported but the truck was slightly damaged, disrupting train movement between Chattogram and rest of the country from 9am to 10:45 am, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chattogram Railway Police Station (GRP) Mohammad Rofiqul Hasan.

OC Rafiqul Hasan said rescue operation was launched immediately after the collision and train movement returned to normal after the truck was removed from the tracks.