Bundelkhand Express Derailed in Madhya Pradesh

Date:
03 oct 2005

Bundelkhand Express Derailed in Madhya Pradesh

Fifteen people are feared dead and over 50 seriously injured when the Bundelkhand Express went off the track and rammed into a railway signal cabin in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh at 8.10 am on Monday.

The train was travelling from Varanasi to Gwalior.

Six bogies and the engine of the train were derailed, a senior police official said in Bhopal.

The engine rammed into the cabin near Datia railway station while the bogies piled up, Inspector General of Police (law and order) A K Soni told PTI.

The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital. The exact cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, but it appears that the mishap could have occurred due to failure of brakes, he said.

Senior railway and district officials have reached the spot to oversee relief and rescue operations.

Railway sources said that the accident would not have much impact on the train movement on the route.