April 17, 2008	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 10, 1429

DHAKA, April 16: At least 17 people were killed and 25 injured after a packed train rammed into a bus in a northern Bangladesh town early Wednesday morning, police said.

The bus, carrying more than 50 passengers, reached the railway track as there was no barricade at the level crossing at Kalihati, police constable Didar Hossain said.

“Till now we have 17 dead and at least 25 injured, most of them seriously.

The injured were admitted to local hospitals,” he said.

All the victims were from the bus. Railway officials have recently blamed faulty signal equipment for increasing numbers of accidents involving trains and other vehicles.

—AFP