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Four people were injured as four carriages of a passenger train and three compartments of an oil-laden train derailed at Joydebpur this morning.
After the incident, train services on the Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh routes have already been disrupted.
"The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound Tangail commuter train head-on collision with another Rangpur-bound oil-laden train, coming from the opposite direction, in the Choto Dewra area around 11 am as it reached at outer signal after crossing the line," said Abdul Mazid, member of a Railway Security Forces.
Four persons including a loco master (driver) of the passengers' train were injured in the accident, he added.
The injured were taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur.
Being informed, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and officials of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) were rushed to the spot.
"The accident took place while the passengers' train entered into the opposite line due to wrong signalling," said Abul Fateh Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, deputy commissioner of Gazipur, while visiting the spot.
A three-member probe committee, led by Additional District Magistrate Matiur Rahman, has been formed.
"No train is now leaving from Dhaka as the train services on Joydebpur route are still disconnected," said Masud Sarwar, Kamalapur Railway Station
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