LIVE | Mysuru-Dharbhanga Bagmati Express rams into stationary goods train near Chennai; all passengers rescued
Tiruvallur Collector T Prabhushankar said that about 19 passengers were injured in the collision on Friday night
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CHENNAI: Passengers on board Mysuru - Darbanga Express (train no 12578) had a close shave on Friday night after the train rammed into a stationary goods train on the loop line at Kavarapettai station near Tiruvallur.
Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information and Publicity of the Railway Board, said in a video message: "More than 95 per cent passengers have been evacuated from the affected coaches and so far we haven't received any information about any casualty or grievous injury."
Passengers are being moved by EMU trains to Chennai Central, and a fresh train has been readied at Chennai to take them further to Darbhanga/other destinations, he said.
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- 11 Oct 2024 6:16 PM GMT
Tiruvallur Collector T Prabhushankar: Arrangements have been made to accommodate around 900 passengers in three community halls in the locality
- 11 Oct 2024 6:15 PM GMT
Tiruvallur Collector T Prabhushankar: The rescue operations were done so fast due to the swift action of the police.
- 11 Oct 2024 6:15 PM GMT
All passengers on board Bagamati Express have been rescued, says Tiruvallur Collector T Prabhushankar.
- 11 Oct 2024 5:54 PM GMT
Five injured, including three male and two female passengers, sustain fractures; moved to hospitals: Sources to DT Next.
- 11 Oct 2024 5:54 PM GMT
Around 20 ambulances and emergency staff are stationed at the accident spot to assist the rescue operations, sources tell DT Next.
- 11 Oct 2024 5:54 PM GMT
Operations to rescue passengers trapped in derailed coached still going on, ambulance crew tells DT Next.
- 11 Oct 2024 5:50 PM GMT
Exact number of injured passengers yet to be known, ambulance crew on the spot tells DT Next.
- 11 Oct 2024 5:50 PM GMT
Passengers still caught in derailed compartment, ambulance crew on the spot tells DT Next
- 11 Oct 2024 5:50 PM GMT
Two patients moved to Ponneri GH.
An official from 108 ambulance service on duty at the spot tells DT Next that the number of injured people is likely to go up.
