CUMILLA, BANGLADESH – JUNE 16, 2022 Woman was struck by an arriving passenger train at a railway station in Cumilla but miraculously survived. The incident occurred at approximately 9:00 a.m. as the Mahānagar Prabhāti train was heading toward the city of Chattogram.
The woman was identified as Bebi Begum, a resident of the Bagichagaon neighborhood. According to available information, she deliberately stepped directly into the path of the oncoming train, which struck her and dragged her along the tracks. Bystanders began shouting.
As soon as the train passed, local residents, together with railway police, pulled the woman from the tracks and transported her to Cumilla Medical College Hospital. Although she sustained several injuries, including an injury to her left leg, she remained alive.
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