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Gondia: More than 50 persons were injured after 3 bogies of a train derailed in Maharashtra’s Gondia. According to the information received so far, the accident happened at around 2.30 am on Wednesday. Out of all these 50 injured people, 49 have been discharged after first aid, while one person is said to have sustained serious injuries. No passenger has died in this accident. According to reports, the train was going from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh to Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
The accident occurred due to a collision between a goods train & passenger train and due to signalling issues. The driver applied the emergency brake, but could not avert colliding into the goods train.
Maharashtra | More than 50 persons were injured after 3 bogies of a train derailed in Gondia around 2.30 am at night. A collision b/w a goods train & passenger train led to this accident. No deaths reported. Train was on its way from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh to Rajasthan’s Jodhpur pic.twitter.com/Fxzmdbvhw8
— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2022
According to media reports, the goods train going from Raipur to Nagpur was hit hard by a passenger train coming from behind.
The re-railment was completed at 4.30 am, affected train left site at 5.24 am and arrived Gondia at 5.44 am. Traffic movement were resumed by 5.45am.
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