Dhaka, July 27 -- A marine engineer was killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway gate on a motorcycle in Santahar Sunday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Nasim Ahmed Joy, 31, son of Abdur Razzak Master of Komarbhog Chaksunar village in Chhatiangram Union under the upazila.

The incident occurred at the Santahar rail crossing when the Dhaka-bound Lalmoni Express intercity train struck him while he was attempting to cross the tracks.

According to Government Railway Police and eyewitnesses, Joy had arrived home ten days earlier on vacation from the United States. He left home for Naogaon on his motorcycle. As he was crossing the Santahar railway gate, he was hit by the Lalmoni Express arriving from Lalmonirhat....