Eight killed, 16 injured in Bangladesh train crash

At least eight people were killed when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh today, a railway official said.

Wed, 14 May, 2008 - 09:00

At least eight people were killed when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh today, a railway official said.

Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam Khan said 16 other people were injured in the morning accident in Brahmmanbaria district, 50 miles (80km) east of the capital, Dhaka.

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