West Bengal train accident – second in july 2010

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:26:40 +0000

The Major Train Accident went out today in West Bengal. Two trains in the state of West Bengal, India collided which left around 65 people dead and more than around 200 others injured, the railways Police confirmed. This Train accident in West Bengal is the second railway incident that has claimed several lives this month (July 2010).

This incident happened when a speeding passenger train ploughed through a train standing at a station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in the early hours of Monday.

The Sealdah-bound Uttar Banga Express rammed into three coaches, one luggage van and two unreserved general second class coaches, of the stationary Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in Birbhum, about 190 km from Kolkata, at about 2.15 a.m., railway authorities said.