7 Dead, 30 Injured as 11 Coaches of Delhi-Bound Seemanchal Express Derail in Bihar

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One general coach, one AC coach B3, three sleeper coaches -S8, S9, S10 and four more coaches of the 12487 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal Seemanchal Expresshave derailed, said East Central Railway spokesperson Rajesh Kumar.

 

New Delhi: At least seven people died and 30 were injured on Sunday after the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed in Vaishali district of Bihar, about 30km away from state capital Patna. 

Railway officials said the accident took place at 3:58 am in Sahadai Buzurg and eleven coaches derailed. Three coaches overturned and have been completely damaged. The superfast train from Jogbani in Bihar to Delhi's Anand Vihar Terminal was running at full speed when the accident took place, they added. 

 

 

 

One general coach, one AC coach B3, three sleeper coaches - S8, S9, S10 - and six more coaches have derailed, said East Central Railway spokesperson Rajesh Kumar. The rescue operation has been completed, officials said. 
 

 

Six of the deceased have been identified as Ilcha Devi (66), Indira Devi (60), Shamsuddin Alam (26), Ansar Alam (19), Shaida Khatoon (40), Sudarshan Das (60), the Government Railway Police (GRP) said. Of the 30 injured, three were hurt grievously. 
 

 

The injured were rushed to a hospital , where the doctors referred the seriously wounded to Muzaffarpur and Patna. Teams of doctors have also rushed from Sonepur and Barauni to the accident site, officials said.

Three coaches overturned and have been completely damaged. Locals rushed to the accident site to help in the rescue operations.

"As of now, it is not clear whether the derailment of the 12487 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Seemanchal Express was caused by a human error or a technical fault. This would be investigated once the rescue operations are complete and the affected Barauni-Bachhwara-Hajipur single line gets cleared," he said.

“Prima facie it appears that rail fracture was the cause of the accident,” he added. 

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who expressed deep condolences over the deaths, said, "The district magistrate and the superintendent of police have rushed to the spot and are overseeing the relief work in coordination with the Railways."

The Railways have issued helpline numbers - Sonpur 06158221645, Hajipur 06224272230 and Barauni 06279232222. 

The Railways has announced that it would give compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of every deceased, Rs 1 lakh to the grievously injured and Rs 50,000 to those who suffered minor injuries. All medical expenses will also be borne by Railways, a tweet from Piyush Goyal’s office said. The Bihar government has also announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of every deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured. 

The unaffected 12 coaches of the train are being moved to Hajipur, where additional coaches will be attached and the train will move for Delhi, officials said. 
 

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"Heard Loud Bang In Dark, Fell From Berth": Passenger Of Derailed Train

PATNA: 

Passengers in the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express whose eleven coaches derailed in Bihar this morning say they heard a loud bang, as the bogies jumped from the tracks, before they were thrown off their berths violently. Many of the passengers were sleeping when the coaches derailed minutes before 4 am in Bihar's Vaishali district, 30 km from Patna. Seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

"I heard a loud bang and fell on the floor of the coach. It was very dark, I couldn't see anything, felt broken glass everywhere," a passenger who survived the train accident told NDTV. "I lifted my father on my shoulders and made him crawl out of the broken window," said the passenger who was going to Prayagraj with his family.

Officials said the coaches separated from the engine before they derailed; three of the coaches overturned completely. Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had to climb on them and break the hardened glass of the AC coaches and cut through the iron grills of the sleeper coaches to reach trapped passengers.

The injured passengers have been admitted to a nearby hospital.

The office of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said the ministry is in touch with the Railway Board members and the authorities of the East Central Railway to find out what led the coaches to derail. The train was reportedly not running in full speed when the accident happened.

 

Mr Goyal and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave their condolences over the deaths and wished speedy recovery to those injured.

 

All passenger trains on this line have been cancelled

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