Train derails in Brahmanbaria
An express train derailed at Puniyaut near Brahmanbaria Railway Station this afternoon.
Witnesses said the locomotive and two compartments of the Dhaka-bound Chattala Express from Chittagong veered off the tracks in the area around 4:00pm.
Being panicked, passengers tried to get down from the train hurriedly, leaving around seven of the injured.
However, trains were running through the down line, said railway sources.
A relief train started for the spot from Akhaura Railway Junction to salvage the derailed train, said the station master of Brahmanbaria Railway Station.
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