US EditionPassenger Train Collides with Cargo Train in Central India, Killing at Least 8 People (World)
The passenger train crashed into a stopped freight train causing eight deaths and serious injuries, with rescue teams working to free trapped passengers, officials said.
- On Tuesday near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, a local passenger train collided with a stopped freight train, killing at least eight and injuring about a dozen.
- Chhattisgarh's Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao said the freight train was stopped when the passenger train crashed into it from behind, damaging the first few passenger cars.
- District official Sanjay Agrawal said one passenger train car ended up atop a goods train car, complicating rescue teams' efforts to cut through wreckage to free at least two trapped passengers, with two people still stuck.
- Indian Railways said it has deployed all available resources, activated emergency contact numbers, announced compensation for next of kin and injured, and initiated an investigation.
- One recent point of comparison is the 2023 Odisha crash, which killed at least eight people, highlighting past rail safety concerns like aging infrastructure and human error.
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Passenger train collides with cargo train in central India, killing at least 8 people (World)
A passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others, a senior government official said. The incident happened near the city of Bilaspur, about 115 kilometers (70 miles) northeast of Chhattisgarh's state capital of Raipur. L...
Shafaq News – New Delhi: Indian media reported on Tuesday that eight people were killed and 14 others injured in a collision between a passenger and a freight train in Chhattisgarh state. The Hindustan Times reported that the accident occurred near Bilaspur district in the state. Authorities stated that the passenger train collided with the freight train, resulting, according to initial estimates, in eight deaths and 14 injuries. They added that…
Bilaspur Train Accident News Live Updates: Trains cancelled, probe launched after derailment kills 8
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The preliminary assessment by railway authorities revealed that the MEMU train had overshot a red signal, leading to the fatal collision, which claimed eight lives and injured more than a dozen.
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