Narrow escape for passenger train as speeding truck falls on tracks from overbridge

LUCKNOW: A major mishap was narrowly avoided late Wednesday night when a trailer truck loaded with wooden plies fell off the Ramnagar–Fatehpur flyover in Barabanki and crashed onto the up-line track near Burhwal Junction on the Barabanki–Gonda route. The incident occurred just as the Amritsar–Saharsa Garib Rath Express (12204) was passing on the adjacent down line, but no passengers were injured.

The truck broke through the bridge railing and plunged nearly 25 feet onto the tracks, while a large stone from the flyover struck the roof of coach G2.