INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BANKURA: A goods train crashed into an empty freight train parked at Ondagram station in Bengal's Bankura around 4am Sunday, derailing and
damaging close to 13 wagons in the accident that officials suspect was caused by the driver sleeping at the wheel and jumping the red light
The driver and his assistant suffered minor injuries
Two drivers and two chief loco inspectors have been suspended
The train was said to be moving at speeds above the prescribed limit.The accident happened amid the railway ministry's plans to revise its
signal engineering manual to introduce new tech and procedural changes for preventing accidents such as the three-train collision in
Balasore on June 2 that killed 292 people."The train on the loop line was empty as it was supposed to be taken away for maintenance and the
shunting process was on when the Bishnupur-bound train hit it
This train was supposed to halt at the home signal and change track to the main line
The driver failed to notice the red light
The driver seems to have overshot the signal
An inquiry has begun," said Manish Kumar, DRM, Adra division.There were reports that the Howrah-Chakradharpur Express, running late by an
Railway officials denied this
At least eight trains were cancelled.Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, CPRO, South Eastern Railway, said, "The section has now been restored
Local trains resumed services at 3.15pm."
