Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (PTI)
Bus plunges into river with 40 people onboard in B’desh; 2 dead
DHAKA, March 25: Two persons died when a bus carrying at least 40 people plunged into a river in Bangladesh as it attempted to get onboard a transport ferry on Wednesday, with officials saying many passengers are suspected missing. The accident happened in southwestern Rajbari at the Dauladia terminal when the bus fell into the Padma River at about 5.15 pm, officials said. “According to our primary information, the Dhaka-bound bus was carrying 40 passengers when it plunged into the river while getting onboard a ferry at the (Dauladia) terminal,” a river police official at the scene told reporters. Private Somoy TV reported divers so far have recovered bodies of two women from the bus even as efforts are underway to retrieve more. Daulatdia River Police Outpost’s officer in-charge Trinath Saha added that some passengers managed to swim ashore or were rescued but most others remained missing as a campaign to save people was launched. He did not provide any numbers. (PTI)
25 hurt as train derails in Pak
Lahore, March 25: At least 25 people were injured when seven coaches of a train derailed in Punjab province of Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday. The incident that took place in Lodhran, some 400 Kms from Lahore, late on Tuesday night, prompted the railway officials to suspend traffic on the affected track. Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi said that human error and some mechanical issues are most probably the reasons behind the derailment of the Tezgam Express in Lodhran. According to Lodhran Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hafiz, the Karachi-bound Tezgam Express left from Lahore Railway Station on Tuesday evening. “The train derailed when it reached near Adam Wahan Railway Station on Bahawalpur-Lodhran section at 9.30 pm,” he said. As many as seven bogies derailed with some passengers trapped in them. “Some 25 passengers have been injured, one of them seriously. However, no casualty has been reported,” the deputy commissioner said. (PTI)
