Train kills elderly woman

An unidentified woman, aged about 65, was crushed to death under the wheels of a train near Sarishabari railway station in the district on Tuesday.

A Dhaka-bound Agnibina Express from Tarakandi hit the woman when she was walking along the rail tracks around 6:00pm, said Nasirul Islam, OC of Jamalpur Railway Police Station.

Being informed, they recovered the body and sent it to Jamalpur General Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC said.