4 killed, 8 injured in Rajdhani Express derailment in Bihar

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), Jun 25: At least four passengers were killed and eight injured when the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Golden Ganj station near Chapra early today.

12 coaches were derailed in the incident at around 0200 hours today, Railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said. Five coaches-B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 and pantry car-overturned in the derailment while seven other coaches-B-5 to B-10 and power car-got derailed at the station, about 75 kms from Patna, he said.

The cause of the derailment is yet to be ascertained, he said. Railway minister Sadanada Gowda expressed grief over the loss of lives in the mishap. He directed the Railway administration to render best possible treatment to the injured passengers. Senior officials of East Central Railway and medical team rushed to the site and were supervising the relief and rescue operations.

Helplines have been set up to provide information to families of the victims and other passengers at Chapra, Samastipur, Hajipur, Sonpur, Barauni, Muzaffarpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Balia, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Mariani, Dimapur, Lumding, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri and Katihar.

PTI