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DHAKA: A ghastly accident that involved the collision of two trains in Bangladesh on Monday had left at least 15 people killed and another 100 injured, with officials saying they fear the death toll will rise.
The official's report of the crash in the eastern city of Bhairab said a freight train smashed into a passenger train travelling in the opposite direction, derailing two passenger carriages.
“We have recovered 15 bodies, many are injured,“ Sadiqur Rahman, a government administrator in Bhairab told AFP, which lies around 60 kilometres (38 miles) northeast of the capital Dhaka.
“The death toll will rise,“ Rahman said, with rescuers reporting they could still see bodies crushed and trapped under overturned coaches.
At least 100 people were injured, he added.
The accident, which took place at around 4:00 pm (1000 GMT), occurred when one train entered the same line as the other, Rahman said.
In Bangladesh, train accidents are known to be common and are often caused by poor signalling, negligence, old tracks or other rundown infrastructure.
Source - AFP
孟加拉碰撞事故已造成15人死亡、100人受傷，官員表示死亡人數還會上升
達卡：週一兩列火車相撞後，孟加拉已造成至少 15 人死亡、100 人受傷，官員表示他們擔心死亡人數還會上升。
官員稱，東部城市拜拉布發生的事故中，一列貨運列車撞上一列反向行駛的客運列車，導致兩節客車脫軌。
拜拉布市政府行政人員薩迪庫爾·拉赫曼告訴法新社：「我們已找到 15 具屍體，其中許多人受傷。」該市位於首都達卡東北約 60 公里（38 英里）處。
拉赫曼說：「死亡人數將會上升。」救援人員報告說，他們仍然可以看到屍體被壓碎並被困在翻倒的車廂下。
他補充說，至少有 100 人受傷。
拉赫曼說，事故發生在下午 4 點左右（格林威治標準時間 1000），當時一列火車與另一列火車進入同一線路。
火車事故在孟加拉國很常見，通常是由於信號不良、疏忽、軌道陳舊或其他破舊的基礎設施造成的。
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