Overview
- Police and hospital officials confirmed 12 fatalities and multiple injuries after the pre-dawn crash at the Paduar Bazar level crossing.
- The collision occurred around 2:45–3:00 a.m. on the busy Dhaka–Chattogram rail route in Cumilla Sadar Dakshin upazila.
- Among the dead were seven men, three women, and two children, with additional passengers treated at Comilla Medical College Hospital.
- Rescue teams from the army, police, fire service, and Red Crescent responded, and rail movements were halted for several hours during clearance.
- Bangladesh Railway formed divisional and regional probe committees, and suspended gatemen Mehdi Hasan and Helal Uddin assigned to the crossing.