4 killed in Moulvibazar train crash
Four people were killed and over 200 passengers injured when an intercity train derailed at Baramchal in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar on Sunday night.
Six bogies of Dhaka-bound 'Upaban Express' train from Sylhet veered off the tracks around 11:40pm after a culvert over the Barochhara Canal, 200 yards off Baramchal Railway Station, broke down, said Kulaura Police Station OC Yardous Hasan.
Two of the bogies fell into the canal and one of them overturned, he said.
Sub-inspector Harunur Rashid told UNB that they recovered four bodies from the spot around 1:45am on Monday.
The injured were taken to Kulaura Health Complex, Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and some local hospitals, he said.
On information, firefighters and police rushed in and conducted the rescue operation, said officer in-charge of Kulaura Government Railway Police Station Md Abdul Malek.
The accident also snapped Sylhet's rail communications with other parts of the country, including the capital.
