An assistant train driver was killed and 50 passengers were injured as a train hit a truck at Bokterpur level-crossing in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early today.

The deceased was identified as Nur Alam Sharif, son of Momin Sharif of Alfadanga upazila of Faridpur.

The rail link of the country's northern region with capital Dhaka was disrupted for six hours following the accident that took place around 2:00am.

Ibrahim Chowdhury, a warehouse inspector at Kaliakoir Fire Service, said the accident took place when the Lalmonirhat-bound Lalmoni Express train hit an out-of-service truck on the track, leaving Sharif dead on the spot and 50 others injured.

The injured were taken to the local upazila health complex.