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Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 10, injures 50
A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said.
The report said the number of casualties could rise, though initial details about the disaster involving a train reportedly carrying some 350 passengers remained unclear.
Four of the seven cars in the train derailed in the early morning darkness near the desert city of Tabas, Iranian state television reported. Tabas is some 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
Rescue teams with ambulances and helicopters had arrived in the remote area where communication is poor. At least 16 people suffered critical injuries, with some transferred to local hospitals, officials said.
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The derailment happened some 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside of Tabas on the rail that links the city to the central city of Yazd. Photos from the scene, published by the Young Journalists Club associated with state TV, appeared to show train cars on their side as rescuers tried to care for the injured.
The report said the crash is under investigation. Initial reports suggested the train collided with an excavator near the track, though it wasn’t immediately clear why an excavator would have been close to the train track at night. One official suggest it could have been part of a repair project.
Iran’s worst train disaster came in 2004, when a runaway train loaded with gasoline, fertilizer, sulfur and cotton crashed near the historic city of Neyshabur, killing some 320 people, injuring 460 others and damaging five villages. Another train crash in 2016 killed dozens and injuries of scores of people.
Iran has some 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) of railway lines throughout a country about two and a half times the size of Texas. Its rail system sends both people and goods across the country, particularly in rural areas.
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Iran also has some 17,000 annual deaths on its highways, one of the world’s worst traffic safety records. The high toll is blamed on wide disregard for traffic laws, unsafe vehicles and inadequate emergency services.
Iran, already straining under U.S. sanctions over its collapsed nuclear deal, has been mourning the deaths of at least 41 people killed in a building collapse in the country’s southwest.
60-yr-old woman crushed under train in Thakurgaon
A 60-year-old woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at Thakurgaon railway station on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Rashida Begum, wife of Yusuf Ali of Akcha-Bakserhat village in Sadar upazila.
Witnesses said Rashida came to see off her son Rabiul Islam who was going to Dhaka.
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When she tried to get off the moving train hurriedly she fell on the rail tracks and was crushed under its wheels .
Assistant station master of Thakurgaon railway Anup Basak said that the body will be handed over to the family with the permission of the authorities concerned.
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2 crushed under trains in B’baria
Two people were crushed under the wheels of separate trains at Alamnagar and Jatrapur areas in Ashuganj upazila of Barhmanbaria district on Tuesday.
One of the deceased was identified as Kaiyum, 55, of Sylhet district while identity of another deceased could not be known.
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In Jatrapur, a 25-year-old unidentified youth was killed after being hit by Chattogram-bound ‘Mahanagar Prabhati’ train while crossing the rail tracks in the morning, said Sub-Inspector (SI) Salauddin Khan Noman, in-charge of Brahmanbaria railway station police outpost.
In Alamnagar, Kaiyum was killed after being hit by another train around 9:30 am while crossing the rail tracks, said the SI.
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The bodies were sent to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the SI added.
3 of a family crushed under train in Tangail
Three members of a family were crushed under the wheels of a train at a level crossing at Hatita under Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Tayebul Hossain, 53, his daughter Tahmina, 23, and her 7-month-old son Tawhid of Garatto village under Ghatail upazila of the district.
Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, said a Jamalpur-bound train knocked them down at noon while Tayebul along with his daughter and grandson were passing the level crossing by a human hauler near Bangabandhu Bride East zone leaving Tayebul and Tawhid dead on the spot.
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Seriously injured Tahmina was rushed to Tangail General Hospital and doctors declared her dead on arrival.
Tangail railway police outpost in-charge ASI Saiful Islam said on information, police recovered the bodies and they will later be handed over to the family after legal procedures.
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NGO worker crushed under train in Rajshahi
A 45-year-old man was crushed under the wheels of a train at a level crossing in Rajshahi city on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Farooq Hossain, an official of a non-governmental organization of the city.
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Rakibur Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rajshahi Railway Police Station, said the train hit the man while he was crossing the level crossing on a motorcycle at Dingadoba Eidgah area in the evening, leaving him dead on spot.
There was no gateman at the level crossing, he added.
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The body was sent to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for an autopsy.
A case will be filed in this regard, he added.
Several people killed in train derailment in Hungary
A train derailed after striking a vehicle in southern Hungary early Tuesday, leaving several people dead and others injured, police said.
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The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. in the town of Mindszent. Police said a van drove onto the train tracks and was struck by a train, which derailed from the force of the collision.
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Three schoolgirls run over by speeding train in Cumilla
Three girls returning home from school were run over by a speeding train in Cumilla on Wednesday.
The three -- Meem (12), and Tashifa and Rima, both aged 11 -- were students of Bijoypur Government Primary School in Cumilla's Sadar Dakkhin upazila.
The unaccompanied minors were supposed to cross the Bijoypur level crossing in the upazila on the way home but they took a shortcut that claimed their lives, police said.
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The accident occurred around 11.45am when the Chattogram-bound Mahanagar Probhati train from Dhaka hit the three while they were crossing the railway track near the level crossing, said Proshanto Pal, additional superintendent of Cumilla Police.
On information, police rushed to the spot and took the bodies into custody.
As the news of the accident spread like wildfire, angry locals blocked the Cumilla-Noakhali railway tracks, disrupting vehicular movement in the upazila too.
Woman loses legs under wheels of train in city
An unidentified woman lost both her legs under the wheels of a train at Khilgaon railgate area of the capital on Sunday noon.
She is aged around 20, could not be identified yet, said police.
Mehedi Hasan, sub-inspector (SI) of Shahjahanpur police station, said the woman, draped in a white cloth, was lying unconsciously on the railway line in the Khilgaon railgate area with her legs severed from her knees around 2:30pm.
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After receiving a call from the National Emergency Service 999, police took her to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), he added.
Later, she was shifted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) where she is currently undergoing treatment.
Efforts are on to identify the victim, said the SI.
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Ex-UP member crushed under train in Bogura
A man was crushed under the wheels of a train in Bogura Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Rezaul Karim, 55, former member of Shakaria union parishad under Sadar upazila.
According to witnesses, Bonarpara-bound Karatoya Express train hit Rezaul near Knowledge Harbor School and College of the upazila around 9:30 am when he was crossing the rail tracks, leaving him dead on the spot.
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It was not clear whether it was an accident or a suicide incident.
ASI Abdul Awal of Naruli police outpost of Bogura Sadar police station said that the body was recovered by railway police.
Dinajpur: Youth found dead on rly tracks in pieces
An 18-year-old youth was crushed to death by a speeding train in Dinajpur on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Al-Amin, son of Mominul Islam from Dighan Hazipara village in Sadar upazila.
“We suspect the youth was run over by the Panchagarh-bound Kanchan Express in the morning,” said Abdus Sattar, a sub-inspector at Dinajpur railway police station.
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His body parts were strewn on the tracks as the train had passed over. "The body parts have been handed over to his family members without an autopsy," he said.
However, Al-Amin’s family claimed that he ended his life as he had been suffering from mental illness.
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