Tag: Bihar train derailment

Hajipur (Bihar) : At least six people were killed and 38 others injured when 11 coaches of the New Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed before dawn on Sunday in a rural part of Bihar's Vaishali district, authorities said. A technical fault was blamed for the disaster that took place close to 4 a.m. near the Shahadai Bujurg railway station, jolting passengers out of their sleep and causing widespread confusion and panic in the darkness. All the dead have been identified, the railways said. Twenty-two of the injured were admitted in the Sadar Hospital...