A derailed carriage of a Dhaka-bound Panchagarh Express train was recovered and put back onto the tracks, allowing operations to resume
Monsur Ali, 54, worked as a scientific officer for BCSIR in the town.
He was headed to his hometown Naogaon for Eid on early Friday when his car crashed into a roadside tree near Kalitola Bridge in Mohanpur Upazila, said Mohanpur OC SM Masud Pervez.
Locals rushed Ali and his chauffer Shariat Hossain to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Ali dead.
“He died of head injuries,” said Dr Jalal Uddin at emergency unit of RMCH.
Shariat is still admitted at the hospital.