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An unidentified teenage boy died after falling from the roof of a moving train near railway tracks under Khilkhet flyover in the capital early Sunday.
The incident occurred around 2:00 pm on Saturday when the 15-year-old boy fell from the roof of a moving train near the Khilkhet rail line, said police.
Locals rescued the critically injured boy and took him to Kurmitola General Hospital.
Later, he was shifted to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 4:30 pm for better treatment.
He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at ward No 101 of the hospital around 1:30 am on Sunday, said Md Faruk Mia, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.