Dhaka: Two coaches of an express train veered off the tracks and fell into a canal and another overturned in Bangladesh’s northeastern province, killing at least five people and injuring 67 others, authorities said on Monday.
The accident happened on Sunday when the Dhaka-bound Upaban Express train, coming from Sylhet, veered off the tracks at Baramchal in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila after a culvert broke down, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
A senior official from the fire service department said that 11 units of rescuers are at the accident site along with the police personnel to help the survivors. Bangladesh’s Railway ministry has set up two probe committees to investigate the tragic accident. (PTI)
