The death toll rose to seven as a train hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at an unguarded level crossing in Burichang upazila of Cumilla today.
Mostafa Kamal, an assistant sub-inspector of Cumilla Railway Police Outpost, confirmed the deaths.
The deceased could not be identified immediately, said Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Burichang Police Station.
The accident took place when the Chattogram-bound Chattala Express hit the auto-rickshaw in Kalikapur area around 10:30am, the OC said, adding that five people died on the spot.
Details of the other two deceased could not be known immediately.
The injured were taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital, the OC added.











