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At Least 4 Dead in Bangladesh After Train Veers Off Bridge At Least 5 Dead in Bangladesh After Train Veers Off Bridge
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At least four people were killed and dozens injured late Sunday night when part of a train heading for Bangladesh’s capital careened off a railway bridge that failed, officials said. At least five people were killed and dozens injured late Sunday night when part of a train heading for Bangladesh’s capital careened off a railway bridge that failed, officials said.
The crash occurred in the Moulvibazar district of northeastern Bangladesh, about 140 miles by car from the capital, Dhaka. Photos published in the Bangladeshi news media showed blue-and-white train carriages upside down in a shallow river beside a broken bridge.The crash occurred in the Moulvibazar district of northeastern Bangladesh, about 140 miles by car from the capital, Dhaka. Photos published in the Bangladeshi news media showed blue-and-white train carriages upside down in a shallow river beside a broken bridge.
A local official, Shimul Md Rafi, told reporters that more than 100 people had been hospitalized with injuries, The Dhaka Tribune reported. At least 15 passengers were in critical condition, another official, Tofayel Ahmed, told The Associated Press. Officials told reporters on Monday that more than 100 people had been hospitalized with injuries after five of the train’s 17 carriages went off the rails while crossing a culvert. At least 15 passengers were in critical condition, one official, Tofayel Ahmed, told The Associated Press.
Officials had not identified a precise cause of the accident as of early Monday morning. The accident, which occurred a few hundred feet from a railway station in the town of Baramchal, cut off train service between Dhaka and the Sylhet region of the country’s northeast, The Dhaka Tribune reported.
“Either the lines were faulty or the alignment of the coach wheels were disoriented,” the railway secretary, Mofazzal Hossain, told reporters at the scene as rescue crews combed the wreckage for survivors, The Daily Star reported.
The newspaper also quoted Sharif Hossain, a passenger who had traveled in the first car that derailed, as saying that the accident may have been caused by a combination of overcrowding and excessive speed.
The Railway Ministry said on Monday that it had started two separate inquiries to pinpoint the exact cause of the accident, the local news media reported. Investigators were asked to submit their reports within three days.