Express trains collide in Bangladesh, killing at least 15

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Officials say two speeding trains have collided in eastern Bangladesh, killing at least 15 people and injuring scores.

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Two speeding trains collided in eastern Bangladesh, killing at least 15 people and injuring scores on Tuesday, officials said.

Local police chief Shayamal Kanti Das said the collision took place early Tuesday when Udayan Express and Turna Nishita trains approached on the same track from opposite directions in Brahmanbaria district. The area is 82 kilometres east of the capital, Dhaka.Local government administrator Hayat Ud Dowlah Khan said at least 40 injured were being treated in hospitals, but the United News of Bangladesh agency said the number of the injured would be more than 100.

Train accidents are frequent in Bangladesh, many of them at unsupervised railway crossings, poor signalling and for bad condition of the tracks.

 

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