Brahmaputra Express collides with a goods train, 4 dead
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SAHIBGANJ (Jharkhand): Four persons were killed and five others injured when the New Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail today collided with a goods train at Karonpuroto, about 25 km from here.
"A bogie of 14055 Brahmaputra Mail derailed and dashed against a stationary goods train, killing four persons," Superintendent of Police (Rail) Praveen Srivastav told PTI over phone.
An Eastern Railway spokesman at its headquarters in Kolkata said five persons had suffered "simple injuries".
A railway official said: "The goods train was standing as it's engine developed a snag. The passenger train hit it." The incident took place at 5.50 a.m.
The Brahmaputra Mail was going to New Delhi from Dibrugarh. A relief train has reached the spot.
Details are awaited, he said. Relief and rescue team has already left for the spot.
"A bogie of 14055 Brahmaputra Mail derailed and dashed against a stationary goods train, killing four persons," Superintendent of Police (Rail) Praveen Srivastav told PTI over phone.
An Eastern Railway spokesman at its headquarters in Kolkata said five persons had suffered "simple injuries".
A railway official said: "The goods train was standing as it's engine developed a snag. The passenger train hit it." The incident took place at 5.50 a.m.
The Brahmaputra Mail was going to New Delhi from Dibrugarh. A relief train has reached the spot.
Details are awaited, he said. Relief and rescue team has already left for the spot.
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