15 hurt as train derails
Rail communication of five northern districts remained disrupted for over six hours as a Santaher-bound local train derailed near Gaibandha railway station yesterday morning. Three rear bogies skidded off as the track sagged into the soil, said station master Abdul Wahed Mandol. At least 15 panicked passengers were hurt when they tried to come out of the derailed bogies or jumped from the roof of the train. Of them, Sohorab Ali, 30, Aminul Huq, 36, Nazmul Huq, 30, Ashik Anam, 32, Lichu Mia, 36, Shawron, 18, and Naheed, 20, were taken to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital.
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