KOLKATA: Twelve coaches of the Guwahati-bound Bikaner Express derailed in the Maynaguri region of north Bengal on Thursday evening, leaving five passengers dead and many injured.
Jalpaiguri district magistrate Moumita Godara Basu said five bodies have been found till 7pm and over 20 passengers with injuries were rushed to the local Moynaguri government hospital. About 15 passengers are reported to be in critical condition. A special train from Jalpaiguri reached the accident site at around 7 pm to take the injured to the hospital.
The location where the train with 577 passengers met with the accident is part of the Alipuarduar section of the Northeast Frontier Railway.
