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Thursday, July 23, 2009

[chottala.com] Probes on into yet another rail disaster



Bangladesh Railway has formed two separate committees to investigate the latest in a series of countrywide rail disasters, as a passenger train collided with an articulated lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni on Thursday—exactly one week after a similar accident killed five people on their way to a wedding in Jessore. 

At least ten people were injured as three compartments of the Chittagong-bound Turna-Nishitha Express derailed after it hit the loaded lorry stuck at Fatehpur level crossing in the early morning. 

The injured, including the train driver, assistant train driver and two security guards, were admitted to local clinics, said officials. 

The rail link between Dhaka and Chittagong was down for 12 hours. Road transport on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway was also halted due to the accident. Traffic was diverted to Feni town for taking the highway.. 

"Rail communication was restored just before 5pm," Feni assistant railway station master Mohammed Harun told bdnews24.com. 

He said the lorry carrying iron coils stalled while negotiating the level crossing at around 5am. As the express train smashed into the stalled vehicle, three of its compartments were thrown off the track. 
 
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Rubeel
www.jzom.com




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