10 hurt as train, truck collide in Habiganj
Unb, Habiganj
Train communications on Dhaka-Sylhet and Chittagong-Sylhet routes were disrupted for about six hours following a train-truck collision at Teliapara in the district yesterday, leaving at least 10 people injured.Railway sources said the Sylhet-bound Surma Mail train from Dhaka hit a goods-laden truck on the level crossing at Teliapara at about 4:15am. The engine of the mail train went off the track and the truck was also badly damaged after the collision. A number of trains got stranded at different stations in the Akhaura-Sylhet section following the accident, causing immense sufferings to the passengers. A relief train went to the spot, put the engine back on track and removed the damaged truck from the level crossing. Shayestaganj railway junction sources said the train communications resumed on the routes at 10:35am.
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