Television footage showed the mangled passenger carriage atop the freight train as rescuers pulled out survivors.
Two train collisions kill at least 8 people in India. PHOTO: SCREENSHOT BY ANI
At least eight people were killed and several injured Tuesday when a passenger train collided with a freight train in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, officials said.
The goods train was stationary at the time of the accident and the passenger train crashed into it from behind, damaging the first carriages, Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao told reporters.
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Television footage showed the mangled first carriage of the passenger train partially perched atop the freight train’s final carriage, as police and rescue crews worked to remove survivors while a crowd watched from parallel tracks.
Railway authorities said a detailed investigation would be conducted into the incident.
India’s rail network – the fourth largest in the world – has undergone a $30 billion upgrade with new trains and upgraded stations. Train accidents, however, remain common in the country, which experienced one of the deadliest train collisions in recent years in 2023, when three trains crashed in the southern state of Odisha, killing 288 people.
