Dhaka, Dec 13 : One person was killed after seven compartments of a train derailed on an overpass in Gazipur near the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Wednesday.

The crash which occurred around 4 a.m. on Wednesday left roughly eight people injured, Hanif Ali, chief of local Joydebpur Railway Station, told mediapersons.  "One person was killed on the spot when seven bogies of the train including the engine, went off the tracks," he added.