Train crash kills three in eastern India

Three passengers were killed and two others seriously injured when a goods train got derailed and rammed into passengers waiting under the shed at Korai station in the Jajpur district of India’s Odisha state early Monday, officials told The Hindu, Report informs.

The East Coast Railway has ascertained two deaths. “A goods train got derailed at about 6.44a.m at Korai Station in Bhadrak-Kapilas Road Railway Section under Khurda Road Railway Division of East Coast Railway. Eight out of 54 wagons of train crashed into the station,” said Nirakar Das, an ECoR spokesperson.

However, the Jajpur Superintendent of Police, Rahul PR, told The Hindu that three persons lost their lives in the accident

The accident took place when passengers were waiting to board a local train to Bhubaneswar in the morning. The collision was so powerful that one wagon was found scaling a railway foot-over bridge. Other passengers waiting at station rushed to rescue victims stuck under the damaged roof. Some passengers were immediately shifted to local hospital. Number of injuries is likely to go up.