West Bengal security official Dibakar said the cause of the accident and how the two trains collided will only become clear after an investigation.
Published Date – Sunday 23rd March 25th at 11:15am
go to bank: Two freight trains collide at Onda railway station in Bankura, West Bengal. Railway operations on the Kharagpur-Bankura-Adra line have been halted.
Safety official Dibakar Majhi said the cause of the accident and how the two trains collided would only become clear after an investigation.
According to the video, several carriages and the engine of a freight train derailed in the accident.
Further details are pending.
The accident comes just months after the horrific triple collision of the Coromandel Express and two other trains in Balasore, Odisha state, killing at least 275 people and injuring 1,000.
Earlier, on Monday, June 5, a train collided with a carrying vehicle at an unmanned railway crossing in the Goraghat district of Assam. However, the driver of the vehicle with the license plate number AS-05AC-3588 was unharmed.
The incident happened near Chungajan railway station in Golaghat district.
Following the incident, locals staged a protest calling for a level crossing to be installed in the area.
