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West Bengal train accident: Goods train's loco pilot "disregarded signal", says
Updated On: 17 June, 2024 06:36 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Apart from the loco pilot of the goods train, the guard of the passenger train was also killed in this morning`s collision.
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Site of a collision between an express passenger train and a goods train in Nirmaljote, near Rangapani station in India`s West Bangal. Pic/AFP
The loco pilot of the goods train that collided with the Kanchanjunga Express passenger train in Darjeeling, West Bengal, disobeyed the signal, causing the accident on Monday morning that claimed the lives of at least eight people, including the pilot, a railway top official told ANI.
"The accident happened today morning. Kanchanjunga Express was travelling from Agartala to Sealdah. The train was hit in the rear end by a goods train which disregarded the signal," Jaya Varma Sinha Chairman & CEO Railway Board told ANI.
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