A cargo train has hit a passenger train outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, leaving at least 15 people dead and scores injured.
October 23, 2023, 6:57 AMThis photograph provided by the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department shows rescuers and others after a cargo train hit a passenger train at Bhairab, Kishoreganj district, Bangladesh, Monday, Oct.23, 2023. More than a dozen people are killed and scores more are injured according to fire officials. – A cargo train hit a passenger train outside the Bangladeshi capital on Monday, leaving at least 15 people dead and scores more injured, fire officials said.
Rescuers joined local residents in extracting passengers from the wreckage of the train cars, said fire official Mosharraf Hossain at Bhairab, in the central district of Kishoreganj, where the collision happened at 3:30 p.m. He said the bodies of at least 15 people had been recovered and the number of casualties could increase.The crash occurred when two rear coaches of the Dhaka-bound Egarosindur Godhuli Express passenger train were hit by a cargo train heading to Chattogram, Azizul Haque Rajon, a senior fire official, said from the scene by phone.Train service to other parts of the country remained suspended following the accident, he said.
It wasn't immediately known what caused the crash. Train accidents are common in Bangladesh, blamed mainly on unsupervised railway crossings, poor signaling and bad track conditions. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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