At least five killed, 30 injured in train collision in India
At least five people were reported killed and 30 injured in a train collision in India's West Bengal state on Monday (June 17).
Two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjungha Express derailed after a goods train rammed into it near the New Jalpaiguri station.
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Two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjungha Express derailed after a goods train rammed into it near the New Jalpaiguri station.
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00:00At least five people have been killed and 30 injured in a train collision in India's
00:07West Bengal state on Monday.
00:09Two rear compartments of the Sildar-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed after a goods
00:15train rammed into it near the new Jalpaiguri station.
00:19Railway officials said more people were feared trapped inside the mangled carriages, but
00:23there were no immediate details.
00:25West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said local officials, doctors, ambulances
00:31and disaster teams have been rushed to the site for rescue and medical assistance.
00:36Railways National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force are working
00:40in close coordination.
00:42Those injured have been taken to the hospital.
00:45The accident comes a year after India's state-run railway system suffered its worst
00:50crash in two decades in the state of Odisha, where nearly 300 people were killed.