Bihar train mishap survivors leave for Kamakhya in Assam by relief train

Four persons have died and 40 others have received injuries in the train mishap that took place in Bihanr’s Buxar district last night, a top railway official said on Thursday.

General Manager of East Central Railway Tarun Prakash was at Raghunathpur, to supervise the restoration work at the site where several bogies of the North East Express coming from Anand Vihar Terminus in Delhi had derailed.

“The number of casualties is four. The number of injured passengers is 40. The cause of derailment will be known only after a proper investigation. At present our priority is to clear the tracks. Until normal traffic is restored, trains running on the route will be diverted,” Prakash told PTI-video.