Dhaka, Oct. 23: At least 20 people have been killed while several others were left grievously injured after a freight train collided with a passenger train in Bangladesh’s northeastern Kishoreganj district on Monday, officials said.

Many people are still feared trapped under the dilapidated wagons, however, rescue operations are underway.

“Twenty bodies have been recovered so far. We are extending our all possible support to the rescue operations,” an official of the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion said while addressing the media persons on the spot.

“We expect to find more bodies as well as injured passengers during the rescue process,” a fire service official said

According to PTI, the accident occurred around 3:30 pm on Monday when the freight train heading towards Chattogram hit the rear coaches of the Dhaka-bound Egarosindur Godhuli Express in the Bhairab area of Kishoreganj district.

In the massive collision, three passenger carriages were upturned, the fire services officials said adding that more than 100 passengers were already rescued with wounds and rushed to different health facilities.-Agencies