Derailment hurts five

Chhindwara, MP, May 16 (UNI) Five persons, including a locomotive driver, were injured after Nagpur-Chhindwara-Nainpur metre-gauge train jumped the track today at Kanhibada crossing near Seoni.

''Two coaches and the locomotive were damaged. Senior officials from Nagpur rushed to the spot. The victims were admitted to the Seoni district hospital. The driver was identified as Umashankar,'' said Chhidwara Station Superintendent Panch Bhaiyye.

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