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Two trains hit packed buses in Bangladesh; 13 dead

All the injured people were riding in the buses

February 19, 2011 03:48 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 03:19 am IST - DHAKA, Bangladesh

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Locals look at the mangled debris at the site of a train accident in Narsingdi district, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A speeding train slammed into another moving slowly through a station in eastern Bangladesh, killing more than a dozen people and injuring scores more. File photo: AP.

Locals look at the mangled debris at the site of a train accident in Narsingdi district, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A speeding train slammed into another moving slowly through a station in eastern Bangladesh, killing more than a dozen people and injuring scores more. File photo: AP.

Police and news reports say two trains have ploughed into packed buses in separate accidents at unmanned railroad crossings in Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people.

The United News of Bangladesh news agency says eight people died and 25 were injured on Saturday when an express train hit a bus at a crossing in Comilla district, east of Dhaka.

In the second accident, police officer Ismail Hossain said five people died and 20 were injured Saturday in Jessore district, west of the capital.

All the injured people were riding in the buses.

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