In Bangladesh, two trains crashed on Monday, resulting in 100 injuries and no less than 15 fatalities.
Officials expressed concern that the death toll will increase.
Officials said that a freight train collided with a passenger train going the other way in the eastern city of Bhairab, causing two passenger coaches to derrail.
A government administrator in Bhairab, Sadiqur Rahman said,
“We have recovered 15 bodies, many are injured.
“The death toll will rise,” Rahman said, with rescuers reporting they could still see bodies crushed and trapped under overturned coaches.
“At least 100 people were injured. The accident, which took place at around 4:00 pm (1000 GMT), occurred when one train entered the same line as the other,” he added.
Train accidents are common in Bangladesh and are often caused by poor signaling, negligence, old tracks or other rundown infrastructure.