Bangladesh trains collide, killing 17, wounding scores

Bangladesh, trains collide, killing 17, wounding scores

As many as 17 people lost their lives, while more than 100 got injured after two trains collided in the Kishoreganj district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

According to the details, a passenger train crashed into a freight train in Bhairab, about 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the capital Dhaka.

The superintendent of Dhaka Railway police, Anowar Hossain, stated that a total of seventeen bodies have been recovered and many injured have been taken to the hospital.

“The freight train smashed into the passenger train from behind, and crumpled two coaches,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Bangladeshi Railway authorities in their statement said that the cargo train traveling to Chittagram collided with the passenger train near Bhairab area of Kishoreganj, meanwhile the investigation of the accident has been started.



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