12 killed after a mail train hits a bus in Cumilla, Bangladesh

At least 12 Bangladeshis people were killed after a mail train hit a bus at a level crossing in Cumilla on March 22. 

Several others were injured in the incident, which occurred around 2:45am at the Paduar Bazar level crossing in Cumilla Sadar Dakshin upazila. 

The train dragged the “Mamun Special” (Mamun Paribahan) bus for nearly half a kilometre north to the Jangalya-Kachua area, according to police and local witnesses.