Death toll in Bhairab train accident reaches 24

Death toll in Bhairab train accident reaches 24

Seventeen people were killed and many others injured when a container train and a passenger train collided in Bhairab of Kishoreganj this afternoon.
"Seventeen dead bodies were so far recovered from the wreckage. Casualties could rise as the rescue operation is going on," said Police Super of Kishoreganj Russell Sheikh.
A total of 14 units of the fire service are conducing rescue operation, said Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence media chief Shahjahan Sikder.
The government has deployed three platoons of BGB to assist the rescue operation.