At least four persons were killed and 100 injured when six coaches of the Assam-bound North East Superfast Express derailed in Bihar’s Buxar district late on Wednesday.
“The train was coming at a normal speed but suddenly we heard a loud sound and a plume of smoke rose out of the train. We rushed to see what happened. We saw that the train had derailed and the AC coaches were the most damaged,” a local resident said.
The 23-coach train (Train No. 12506) left the Anand Vihar terminal in Delhi at 7.40 a.m. on Wednesday and was en route to Tinsukia in Assam. The incident occurred at 9.53 p.m. near the Raghunathpur railway station.
“Will find the root cause of derailment,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on X, as he expressed condolences for the loss of lives.
According to a statement issued by the East Central Railway zone, two trains – Kashi Patna Jan Shatabdi Express (15125) and Patna Kashi Jan Shatabdi Express (15126) – have been cancelled.
