Movement of trains on Gaya – Dhanbad section of the grand chord railway line remained disrupted for over six hours as a goods’ trains coming towards Dhanbad detailed after hitting a wild elephant at 338/4 km of the track.The incident took place around 11.40 PM on Friday night.
The elephant died on the spot but the engine of the goods train jumped tracks and was dragged up to over five hundred feet.Two more wagons also were derailed blocking both up and down lines of this New Delhi- Howrah route , informed Dhanbad Railway divisional PRO PK Mishra.
