KOLKATA, India — At least eight people were killed in eastern India on Monday when the driver of a train carrying goods missed a signal and slammed into an express passenger train from behind, police and railway officials said. MORBID FASCINATION People gather at the scene of a collision between an express passenger train and a train containing goods in Nirmaljote, near Rangapani station in West Bengal state, eastern India, on June 17, 2024. The dead included the driver and his co-driver, who missed the signal, as well as a train guard and five passengers, she added. 'Tragic'The crash took place in the Phansidewa area of the state's Darjeeling district, when the Kanchenjunga Express train was hit by the goods-carrying train. In that crash, a packed passenger train was mistakenly diverted onto a loop line and slammed into a stationary train loaded with iron ore.Three railway employees were later charged with culpable homicide and destruction of evidence.

Source: Manila Times June 17, 2024 22:13 UTC