Vehicular movement on Kalurghat Bridge resumed in the early hours of Saturday, after remaining suspended for nearly five hours due to the derailment of an oil tanker of a freight train.
Railway East Zone Additional Chief Engineer (bridge) Ahsan Jabir said that the tanker veered off the railway track on the Chattogram-Dohazari route while returning to the port city from Cox’s Bazar Dohazari Pinki Power Plant around 8:30pm on Friday.
The derailment disrupted road and rail communication on the busy bridge. Later, a railroad crane from Pahartoli rushed to the spot and removed the tanker at 1:30am.
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A number of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the bridge shortly after the accident, the official said.
