Asia-Pacific

2 die, 50 hurt in Bangladesh train accident

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-31 13:49

DHAKA - Two people were killed and 50 were injured when a passenger train jumped the tracks near Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong, transport officials said on Tuesday. Five rear coaches of the 20-compartment train ran off the tracks at Sitakunda 280 km (175 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka on Monday at a few minutes to midnight.

The train was travelling to the capital from Chittagong with 500 passengers following Eid vacations.

The authorities were investigating the cause of the crash.