Bangladesh Trains Collide, Killing 17, Wounding Scores: Police

Derailed compartments of train after two trains collided in Bhairab, about 80 kilometers northeast of the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh on Oct. 23, 2023. Piyas Biswas/Reuters

DHAKA—At least 17 people were killed and scores injured on Monday after two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh, police said.

A passenger train crashed into a freight train in Bhairab, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the capital Dhaka.