Uttar Pradesh: Goods train derails in Etawah, boy killed, 3 hurt

LUCKNOW: A minor boy was killed, and three others were injured as a goods train derailed on the dedicated freight corridor (DFC) in Etawah district on Monday.
The accident took place at 5.05pm about eight kilometres before the New Ekdil railway station, between Mahola and Bichpuri Kheda villages in Vedpura police station area.
The goods train with 58 wagons was heading to Bokaro steel plant with a consignment of limestones.Total 44 wagons were derailed, and one of them rolled down sideways in the field killing a 14-year-old boy who was grazing a herd of sheep, and injuring three others at the spot.
The deceased minor was identified as Sachin Diwakar, and the injured as Anurag, Gaurav and a woman Suman, who were rushed to a government hospital after police and rescue team reached the spot.
Police officials said one wagon rolled down 25 feet and hurtled towards the deceased teenager and three others in the fields.
Movement on the freight corridor was stalled and railway sources said it might take three-four days to clear the mangled wagons and limestones. Special cranes were dispatched from Agra and Kanpur to the accident site to remove the wagons.
DFC official Neeraj Verma said, “The train was heading to Bokaro steel plant from Sonu railway station of Jaisalmer. One boy got killed and three others were injured. The train crew is safe. Cranes are yet to reach the spot and it might take up to 48 hours to clear the track.”
The commissioner of railway safety will probe the incident, sources added.
Rajesh Dutt Bajpai, executive director, public relations, railway board, said, “The derailment occurred on DFC in Etawah, relief operation is underway.”
This was the second accident in 28 days on DFC in Etawah district. On August 23, 17 flat wagons had derailed on DFC near Rajepur village in Jaswantnagar.