Eight bogies of Durg-Puri Express derail, no casualties

Bhubaneswar: At least eight bogies of the Durg-Puri Express jumped off the track between Nuapada-Lakhna in Bolangir district of Odisha tonight but there was no report of any loss of life, railway sources said.

"Around eight bogies of the Durg-Puri Express train number 18426 derailed at about 9 pm but the engine and five other bogies of the train are intact," East Coast Railways (ECoR) Chief Public Relations Officer R N Mohapatra told PTI.

A rescue team had been sent to the accident site, Mr Mohapatra said adding some passenger may have suffered minor injuries in the derailment but there was no report of any passenger suffering any serious injury or any loss of life.

The incident took place on Titlagarh-Raipur section of East Coast Railway Zone, he said.

The driver of the train informed the headquarters about the incident, he said.

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