Eight killed in Bangladesh train collision

Eight people were killed and over 50 injured when a train rammed into a stationary intercity express in eastern Bangladesh.

At least eight people were killed and over 50 injured Wednesday when a train rammed into a stationary intercity express in eastern Bangladesh, officials and witnesses said.

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The collision occurred in Ashuganj, about 55 km east of the capital Dhaka.

Witnesses said an express train heading for the north-eastern city of Sylhet crashed into an intercity train waiting for departure from Ashuganj's station.

The bodies of eight passengers had been pulled from the wreckage, a spokesman for the state-run railways said.