CNews DHAKA: An overcrowded train jumped the tracks in southern Bangladesh on Saturday, killing at least three passengers and injuring more than 100 others, a railway spokesman said.
The Probhati Express _ with many passengers riding atop the carriages _ was bound for the capital, Dhaka, from the port city of Chittagong, 220 kilometers (135 miles) to the southeast, when five of the rear cars went off the rails.
Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam said three bodies had been found and at least 100 people were injured. Rescuers were still searching for more possible casualities, he said.
The train was packed with about 1,000 people returning home for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
It was not immediately clear what caused the derailment. Investigators were on their way to the site about 40 kilometers (25miles) north of Chittagong, Alam said.
The Probhati Express _ with many passengers riding atop the carriages _ was bound for the capital, Dhaka, from the port city of Chittagong, 220 kilometers (135 miles) to the southeast, when five of the rear cars went off the rails.
Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam said three bodies had been found and at least 100 people were injured. Rescuers were still searching for more possible casualities, he said.
The train was packed with about 1,000 people returning home for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
It was not immediately clear what caused the derailment. Investigators were on their way to the site about 40 kilometers (25miles) north of Chittagong, Alam said.
