, Oct. 28 -- laden train hit a truck at the Sagorika level crossing in Chattogram port city early Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Md Samsuddin, 38, the assistant of the truck driver.

Quoting witnesses, Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Chattogram Railway Police, said the accident occurred early this morning when a Dhaka-bound goods train from Chattogram port hit the rice-laden truck, killing one person on the spot.

He said the locomotive of the train overturned, while the truck was badly damaged in the collision.

Officials from Eastern Railway said train operations would resume once the rescue work was completed.

They primarily suspect that the accident occurred due to the truck driver's negligence.

The line is used exclu...