At least eight people killed in India train crashAFP, KOLKATA, IndiaAt least eight people were killed in India yesterday when a goods train driver missed a signal and slammed into an express passenger train from behind, police and railway officials said. People gather at the site of a collision between an express passenger train and a goods train in Nirmaljote, India, yesterday. “A goods train disregarded the signal and hit the train from behind,” Sinha said. Sinha said the casualties could have been worse, but a guard wagon and two others carrying post that were attached to the back of the passenger train took the brunt of the crash. In that crash, a packed passenger train was mistakenly diverted onto a loop line and slammed into a stationary goods train loaded with iron ore.

Source: Taipei Times June 17, 2024 17:17 UTC