Goods Train Hits Stationary Freight Coaches in West Bengal’s Bankura
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New Delhi: A goods train collided with another stationary freight train at Onda in Bankura district of West Bengal on Sunday morning, June 25, a senior South Eastern Railway (SER) official told PTI.
The accident affected train services in the Adra division of SER for over four hours, the official told the news agency.
He said no one was injured in the accident.
At least eight wagons were derailed due to the collision, which took place around 4 am, he added.
A railway official said that the goods train overshot the red signal, didn't stop, and derailed with the BRN maintenance train.
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While train movement has resumed, 11 trains have been cancelled so far.
The incident comes barely a month after the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2, in which more than 280 people were killed and hundreds injured.
PTI reported that an enquiry will be held to pinpoint the cause of the incident.
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