Train communication in the area was distrupted following the accident Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThree of them died on the spot, another was declared dead after he was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The injured have been treated at various hospitals in Tongi and Dhaka.
Aminul, one of the passengers and nephew of the deceased Shahadat, said he was holding on to the door of a compartment when he felt a sudden jerking motion before several compartments derailed.
Railway Minister Mujibul Haque visited the crash site in the afternoon and ordered a three-member probe committee to be formed and submit a report within three working days. The minister later went to visit the injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the evening. He assured them of bearing their expenses on behalf of the government.
Rail connection was restored around 5pm.
Bangladesh Railway Chief Technical Engineer (East) Mizanur Rahman said: “We cannot say what caused the accident without an investigation.”At least four people have been killed and 26 others injured after a train derailed in Tongi Railway Station area in Gazipur. The railway was closed for five hours before emergency services recovered the derailed compartments and hauled them back on track.
Three of the deceased have been identified as Shahadat Hossain, Amir Uddin, and Khokon. One other remains to be identified.
Tongi Railway Station Master Halimuzzaman said the commuter train, coming from Jamalpur to Dhaka, was leaving the Tongi station when four compartments became dislodged from the engine around 12:30 noon.
The passengers on the roof of the compartments jumped off in fear, resulting in the many casualties. In Bangladesh, a great number of rail passengers clamber on top of the compartments because of unavailability of space inside the compartments.
Train communication in the area was distrupted following the accident Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThree of them died on the spot, another was declared dead after he was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The injured have been treated at various hospitals in Tongi and Dhaka.
Aminul, one of the passengers and nephew of the deceased Shahadat, said he was holding on to the door of a compartment when he felt a sudden jerking motion before several compartments derailed.
Railway Minister Mujibul Haque visited the crash site in the afternoon and ordered a three-member probe committee to be formed and submit a report within three working days. The minister later went to visit the injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the evening. He assured them of bearing their expenses on behalf of the government.
Rail connection was restored around 5pm.
Bangladesh Railway Chief Technical Engineer (East) Mizanur Rahman said: “We cannot say what caused the accident without an investigation.”
Train communication in the area was distrupted following the accident Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThree of them died on the spot, another was declared dead after he was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The injured have been treated at various hospitals in Tongi and Dhaka.
Aminul, one of the passengers and nephew of the deceased Shahadat, said he was holding on to the door of a compartment when he felt a sudden jerking motion before several compartments derailed.
Railway Minister Mujibul Haque visited the crash site in the afternoon and ordered a three-member probe committee to be formed and submit a report within three working days. The minister later went to visit the injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the evening. He assured them of bearing their expenses on behalf of the government.
Rail connection was restored around 5pm.
Bangladesh Railway Chief Technical Engineer (East) Mizanur Rahman said: “We cannot say what caused the accident without an investigation.”