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A passenger of a pickup was killed and its driver and his helper helper were injured as the vehicle collided head-on with a truck on Bangabandhu Bridge East Link Road in Tangail's Kalihati upazila yesterday.
The victim's identity could not be known until last night.
The accident took place in Hatia area around 7:30am. After the collision, the truck skidded off the road and fell on the adjacent Joydebpur-Bangabandhu Bridge rail line, said Kazi Ayub Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station.
In the meantime, Dhaka-bound Sirajganj Express train leaving from Bangabandhu Bridge East Railway Station hit the truck on the rail line.
No train passengers were hurt in the incident, said Station Master Rezaul Karim.
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