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Train accident in Jharkhand

Five persons were killed and nine others injured in a collision between the New Delhi-bound Bramhaputra Mail and a goods train at Karonpuroto in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district

  • Five persons were killed and nine others were injured in a collision between New Delhi-bound Bramhaputra Mail and a goods train at Karonpuroto, about 25 kilometres from Sahibganj in Jharkhand early on Wednesday.
  • The accident occurred at 5.50 AM when the Brahmaputra Mail was on its way to New Delhi from Dibrugarh. Railway officials said the train was passing through Karonpuroto when a stationary goods train parked on the main line started rolling back and hit it.
  • The impact of the collision caused the guard-cabin of the goods train, which was on the loop line, to mount the S-9 coach of the Brahmaputra Mail, a railway official said.
  • Condoling the loss of lives in the mishap, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh each for those killed and Rs. 50,000 for those seriously injured. Passengers, who have received simple injuries, will get a compensation of Rs. 10,000.
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