At least 17 folks had been killed and dozens others wounded as two carriages of a passenger prepare overturned after a freight prepare crashed into it in north-eastern Bangladesh, police mentioned Monday.
The accident occurred when the freight prepare hit the Dhaka-bound Egaro Shindur Express passenger prepare from the rear, derailing and overturning two of its coaches close to Bahirab station in Kishoreganj district within the afternoon, based on Anwar Hossain, superintendent of railway police.
Seventeen our bodies had been discovered on the accident web site, some 80 kilometers (almost 50 miles) north-east of the capital Dhaka, native police chief Rasel Sheikh mentioned, quoting rescuers from the Fire Service and Civil Defence emergency division.
He mentioned greater than 50 wounded folks had been despatched to completely different hospitals and added that the rescuers informed him that there have been apparently no different folks trapped contained in the coaches.
Local authorities official Sadiqur Rahman mentioned residents, members of the fireplace service and regulation enforcement companies collectively started the rescue operation quickly after the accident occurred.
Television footage confirmed a whole bunch of individuals gathered on the scene the place rescuers had been slicing a part of a carriage to recuperate injured folks trapped inside. One of the carriages was shattered and overturned.
Train communications between Dhaka and the japanese a part of the nation have remained suspended because the accident, Nazmul Islam, a senior officer on the railway division mentioned.
A rescue prepare has departed from Dhaka, he mentioned, including an investigation will probably be launched to find out the trigger behind the accident.
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