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12 dead,many injured after two trains collide in Bangladesh

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Dhaka: At least 15 people have been killed and around 100 others injured after two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Three coaches were sent tumbling off the tracks at Mondolbhag station in the town of Kasba when a Dhaka-bound intercity train and a locomotive bound for Chittagong collided.

Rescue teams are at the scene trying to pull survivors out of the wreckage.

The incident occurred in Brahmanbaria district, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of the capital Dhaka.

One train was traveling from Sylhet, a city in eastern Bangladesh, to the southern coastal city of Chittagong, when it collided with a Dhaka-bound train traveling from Chittagong in the opposite direction.

The two trains crashed at Mondobhag Railway Station at around 3 a.m. local time  during a track change

Train accidents are common in Bangladesh and are often caused by poor signalling or other rundown infrastructure.​

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