Bengal Train Crash Leaving 8 Dead and 25 Injured
Bengal Train Crash An express train and a goods train shut down this morning in the Darjeeling part of West Bengal. Resulting in eight passenger deaths and at least 25 hospitalizations. At Rangapani station, near New Jalpaiguri. A freight train from Silchar, Assam, to Sealdah, Kolkata, collided with the Kanchanjunga Express behind it. The accident left other Kanchanjunga Express vehicles in detail.
Positioning the passenger compartments ahead of the goods van and guard’s coach in the back of the Kanchanjunga Express helped lower the number of deaths in the accident.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that medical personnel and disaster response teams rushed to the area. “I was devastated to hear of the terrible train tragedy that occurred in the Darjeeling district’s Phansidewa region just now. Reports indicate that a goods train hit the Kanchanjunga Express; DM, SP, physicians, ambulances, and disaster teams are at the location to provide rescue, recovery, and medical attention.”
Every day, the Kanchanjunga Express links the northeastern cities of Agartala and Silchar. The Chicken’s Neck corridor, linking the Northeast with the rest of the nation, passes along this route. The accident on this line may delay the progress of many more trains.
Visitors regularly use the Kanchanjunga Express to go to Darjeeling. The hill station is attracting a lot of people who are recovering from the heatwave that has impacted Kolkata and. The south Bengal region
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The data at hand suggests that the freight train missed the signal and struck the Kanchanjunga Express. Consequently, the National Disaster Response Force has dispatched emergency vehicles and staff to the location. Additionally, the railways have provided helpline numbers for anyone seeking more information about what happened. In Guwahati, these numbers are 03612731621, 03612731622, and 03612731623; while in Sealdah, they are 033-23508794 and 033-23833326.
