Bilaspur: Rescue operations continued until early Wednesday morning after the Korba-Bilaspur MEMU local train collided with a goods train in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh. The death toll has risen, with 11 fatalities and 20 injured. The damaged coach was removed late Tuesday night, and traffic on the Mumbai-Howrah rail line was restored. The up, down, and middle lines were cleared.
This major train accident occurred on Tuesday around 4 p.m. near the Lal Khand of the Gataura station. Upon learning of the accident, teams from the railway and local administration arrived at the scene. A rescue operation was launched without delay. Eleven passengers died in the accident. Twenty passengers were seriously injured and are undergoing treatment in the hospital.
Survivor recounts horror before and after collision
Sanjeev Vishwakarma (35), a passenger who was in the of Gevra Road-Bilaspur train, told news agency that moments before the collision, he was scrolling through his phone, while some passengers were busy chatting and others were sleeping.
“Suddenly, around 500 metres after leaving Gatora, the train shook violently and crashed into something. There was a thunderous sound followed by people’s screams…Then everything went dark,” Vishwakarma, a resident of Bilha (Bilaspur), said while lying on the hospital bed.
Another passenger who had boarded the train from Champa, said he had initially planned to travel to Raipur by Link Express train.
Mohan Sharma, a marketing professional from Raipur, told PTI that he thought he would be saving time if he took the MEMU train. “Although I de-boarded this train, thinking of once again taking the Link Express but again boarded the same,” Sharma said.
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