Five passengers killed in Kanchanjunga accident

way2barak, June 17: At least five passengers have been killed and 20-25 passengers have been injured after a goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express from behind in West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri on Monday. Two bogies of the Kanchanjunga Express were derailed after the collision.

“Five passengers have died, 20-25 injured in the accident. The situation is serious. The incident occurred when a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express,”  Police informs.

The accident took place around 11 km from New Jalpaiguri station in north Bengal, one of the largest and busiest stations in Northeast Frontier Railway zone in eastern and northeastern India.

The train was coming from Agartala and was heading to Sealdah station in Kolkata. The accident took place around 8:30 am.

“Rescue operations have started and injured passengers were being shifted to the hospital,” said a railway official posted in NJP.