Dhaka: as a minimum 15 humans had been killed and over 50 others injured in a head-on collision among trains in brahmanbaria district in east-important bangladesh on tuesday, in keeping with media reports.
Chittagong-sure udayan explicit from sylhet and dhaka-certain turna nishita collided close to mondobhag railway station within the district around 3:30 am on tuesday, hayat-ud-dowla khan, brahmanbaria deputy commissioner was quoted as pronouncing by means of the dhaka tribune.
Khan said that the twist of fate occured due to the fact the loco masters did now not obey the alerts. 3 separate probe committees had been formed to research the mishap, railways ministry secretary mofazzal hossain turned into quoted as saying within the report.
The daily superstar reported that the 2 trains collided as one in all them- udayan express-become changing tracks at akhaura railway junction.
Identities of the deceased have no longer been ascertained yet, the document stated. Shayamal kanti das, officer-in-charge of akhaura railway police station, stated 12 humans died on the spot, even as three others succumbed to accidents at distinct hospitals.
“the rescue operation changed into underway. Dying toll may also upward push as many human beings are nonetheless trapped under the broken coaches,” he brought.
Train services between dhaka-chattogram, dhaka-noakhali and chattogram-sylhet have been suspended following the twist of fate.
Two alleviation trains from akhaura and laksam railway junctions were rushed to the spot for rescue and alleviation operations, the day by day superstar pronounced.
