Indian Railways: Four accidents in 12 hours kill at least seven
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed in four separate train accidents within 12 hours in Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, reports said.
Two derailments were reported in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district and Odisha's Cuttack.
In a separate incident in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, a local train hit a Bolero car, killing four and injuring two.
While no casualty was recorded in the Odisha derailment, where a Paradeep-Cuttack goods train jumped the tracks, at least three people died and nine sustained injuries in the Chitrakoot incident.
A Patna bound Vasco Da Gama Express derailed near Manikpur Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
The derailment took place at around 4:20 am.
The fourth accident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, where the engine of Jammu-Patna Archana Express separated from the bogies.
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