A man has been killed by a high-speed train in Bangladesh after he reportedly stood on the tracks to take a selfie just moments before the fatal collision.
Tuk-tuk driver Mohi Uddin, 32, was visiting Bagmara market in the city of Comilla, eastern Bangladesh, on Sunday morning when he stepped onto the Dhaka-Chittagong railway line.
Witnesses told JagoNews24 they saw Mr Uddin standing on the tracks to take a selfie which he is understood to have then posted on Facebook.
The Daily Inqilab reports that others saw him talking on the phone at the time he was killed, which police have confirmed.
A Laksham police spokesperson said: ‘The deceased Mohiuddin was killed when he was hit by a moving train while sitting on the railway line and talking on his mobile phone.
‘He has been taken to his village home. If the family complains, we will take action.’
The 32-year-old was struck by the high-speed train, bound for Dhaka, at around 7.45am. He was killed instantly.
Police said he could have been hit by an Upakul Express train which departed Noakhali and passed through Laksham railway station at around 7.30am.
Tuk-tuk driver Mohi Uddin, 32, was killed by a high-speed train after reportedly standing on a railway line to take selfies in Bangladesh
The Dhaka-Chittagong railway line where Mr Uddin was killed
Mr Uddin’s death comes after a tourist was killed in Sri Lanka when she leaned her head out of a train carriage while trying to take photos.
Russian national Olga Perminova, 53, was travelling on the legendary Podi Menike railway line in February last year when she leaned out of an open door while holding onto two rails and smashed into a rock, suffering fatal head injuries.
Citing police, local reports said she ‘died after falling off the train when attempting to take a selfie while hanging from the train footboard between the Badulla and Hali Ela railway stations’.
Ms Perminova ‘knocked against a rock, fell off the train and sustained severe injuries’.