Bangladesh

Train collision in frames

Staff Correspondent

At least 16 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a head-on collision between two trains in Brahmanbaria early Monday.

The collision occurred when Dhaka-bound Turna Nishitha from Chattogram and Chattogram-bound Udayan Express from Sylhet collided near the Mandabhag railway station of the district at 2:48am.

The deadly accident has been captured through the following photographs.

Turna Nishita hits at least three compartments of Udayan Express during the collision.
Firefighters conduct a rescue operation.
Local people, railway officials and police join in the rescue operation.
One of the mangled compartments of Udayan Express.
All the deceased are allegedly the passengers of the Udayan Express.
Another mangled coach of Udayan Express.
More than 100 passengers injured in the collision.
A mangled coach of Udayan Express lies on out of the rail track.
Turna Nishita and a mangled coach of Udayan Express.
Another crushed compartment of Udayan Express.
Udayan Express compartment lie broken into pieces.
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