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. Delwar Hossain, a railway official in the area, said two of the coaches were badly damaged. TV footage showed fire service rescuers were pulling bodies from the twisted coaches and using body bags to send the bodies to hospital morgues. Train accidents are frequent in Bangladesh, many of them at unsupervised railway crossings, poor signalling and for bad condition of the tracks.

Source: thestar November 12, 2019 03:20 UTC