3 Dead After 13 Coaches of Vasco Da Gama-Patna Train Derail in UP

Mangalore Today News Network

Uttar Padesh, Nov 24, 2017 : Superintendent of Police, Chitrakoot, has said that three people have died while nine were injured in the incident.

 

At least two people were killed and eight others injured after 13 coaches of the Vasco Da Gama-Patna Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot early on Friday, 24 November.

“Prima facie, the cause of accident looks like fractured railway track as per local assessment,” UP’s ADG (Law and Order) told ANI.

The Patna-bound train derailed at 4:18 am. “The injured have been rushed to the hospital and officials have left for the spot. Relief operations are underway,” PTI quoted North Central Railway PRO Amit Malviya as saying.

Indian Railways’ PRO Anil Saxena told ANI that helpline numbers have been set up and rescue and relief operations are currently underway.



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