×
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

100 passengers injured as train derails in Auraiya

Last Updated 23 August 2017, 11:45 IST
At least 100 persons were injured, some seriously, when Delhi bound Azamgarh-Delhi Kaifiyat Express train derailed near Achalda railway station on the Kanpur-Delhi section of the Northern Railway in Uttar Pradesh's Auriaya district, about 150 kilometres from here on Wednesday.
 
The mishap comes barely after the derailment of Utkal Express near Khatauli
 
According to the railway officials here, the train, which was travelling at a speed of 100 kilometres per hour, derailed after it rammed into a dumper filled with sand at an unmanned level crossing.
 
As many as ten coaches of the train jumped rails following the derailment, officials said adding that the mishap occurred around 0300 hours in the morning.
 
The passengers were sent to Kanpur and Etawah to proceed toward their destinations by buses, the officials said. The majority of injured hailed from Azamgarh district in UP from where the train originated.
 
The injured were admitted to hospitals at Auraiya and Kanpur besides the nearby super speciality Saifai PG Medical College. The condition of four of the injured was stated to be critical, sources said.
 
Relief and rescue operations were launched immediately, railway officials said adding that ambulances were rushed to the spot from Kanpur, Etawah, Auraiya and nearby districts.
 
Sources said that the dumper, which belonged to the company engaged in laying of tracks for a dedicated freight corridor on the section, had overturned and fallen on the tracks. The train arrived at the spot before the railway officials could be informed about the incident, sources said.
 
Movement of trains on the busy Kanpur-Delhi section had come to a complete halt following the derailment. Several long distances trains were diverted or short terminated, officials said.
 
Railway officials said that relief and rescue operations were almost complete and the track was expected to be opened for traffic by late Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

ADVERTISEMENT
(Published 23 August 2017, 06:57 IST)

Follow us on

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT