Ahmedabad-puri Express

Close to 1,000 passengers were in a train that rolled on for nearly 10 km without its engine in Odisha on Saturday night. After 22 coaches of the Ahmedabad-Puri Express got detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped, seven railways officials were suspended for lapses that led to the freak accident.

A train in Odisha with passengers on board travelled for 10 kilometres without an engine on Saturday night. The train engine had earlier been detached from the coaches before the train starting moving as the skid brakes had not been applied by persons in charge.

Close to 1,000 passengers were in a train that rolled on for nearly 10 km without its engine in Odisha on Saturday night. After 22 coaches of the Ahmedabad-Puri Express got detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped, seven railways officials were suspended for lapses that led to the freak accident.

A train in Odisha with passengers on board travelled for 10 kilometres without an engine on Saturday night. The train engine had earlier been detached from the coaches before the train starting moving as the skid brakes had not been applied by persons in charge.