One killed as train derails in Ctg

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UNB, Mirsaria :
A female passenger was killed and 10 people were injured as three compartments of a train derailed at Abunagar in the upazila on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Nasima Akther, wife of Nazimuddin of Cox’s Bazar. Officer-in-charge of Mirsarai Police Station Imtiaz MK Bhuiyan said three bogies of Dhaka-bound ‘Karnaphuli Express’ train veered off the tracks in between Mirsarai and Mostannagar railway stations around 12:30pm, leaving the woman dead on the spot and 10 others injured.
The injured were admitted to local clinics. Train services on the busy Dhaka-Chittagong route remained suspended following the accident.

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