A TRAIN PLOWED THROUGH A BUS AT A RAILWAY CROSSING IN NORTHERN BANGLADESH ON TUESDAY, KILLING AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE AND INJURING 25, OFFICIALS SAID. THE TWISTED BUS FELL INTO A ROADSIDE DITCH AFTER BEING HIT IN THE MIDDLE BY THE TRAIN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATOR AMAR CHAND BANIK SAID. ALL OF THE 23 DEAD PEOPLE WERE RIDING ON THE BUS IN THE ACCIDENT IN JAIPURHAT DISTRICT, 208 KILOMETERS (130 MILES) NORTH OF DHAKA, BANIK SAID. THE DEATH TOLL WAS LIKELY TO RISE BECAUSE MORE BODIES WERE BELIEVED TRAPPED INSIDE THE CRUSHED BUS ACCORDING TO RESCUE WORKERS, HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
