Thirteen killed in train accident near Gorakhpur
2 Oct 2014 5:56 AM IST
At least 13 persons were killed and 47 injured when a speeding passenger train overshot signal and rammed into another train which was crossing a loop line near here on Tuesday night.
Railways officials said the Maduadeeh-Lucknow Krishak Express hit Barauni-bound express train from Lucknow from the side while it was on the loop line at Nandanagar railway crossing, about seven kilometers from here, at around 11 pm.
Three coaches of Barauni Express were badly damaged in the collision, chief public relation officer of
North-Eastern Railway Alok Kumar Singh told PTI today.
‘Thirteen persons, including 11 men and two women, were killed in the accident and 47 others injured,’ IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh told reporters in Lucknow.
‘Prima facie it appears the Krishak Express was supposed to stop, but it overshot the signal,’ he said.
Railways officials said the Maduadeeh-Lucknow Krishak Express hit Barauni-bound express train from Lucknow from the side while it was on the loop line at Nandanagar railway crossing, about seven kilometers from here, at around 11 pm.
Three coaches of Barauni Express were badly damaged in the collision, chief public relation officer of
North-Eastern Railway Alok Kumar Singh told PTI today.
‘Thirteen persons, including 11 men and two women, were killed in the accident and 47 others injured,’ IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh told reporters in Lucknow.
‘Prima facie it appears the Krishak Express was supposed to stop, but it overshot the signal,’ he said.
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