Train accident kills 8

At least 8 people were killed and dozens injured when two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided at a station east of the Bangladesh capital early yesterday, police and witnesses said.

The collision took place at Ashuganj station in Brahmanbaria district, more than 100 kms east of Dhaka, when the Sylhet-bound Upaban Express struck a Noakhali-bound train, railway officials said.

"So far we have recovered eight bodies and nearly 100 are injured," said Kamruzzaman, of the Ashuganj Police Station.

(China Daily 05/15/2008 page11)