At least three people were killed and eight others injured after 13 coaches of the Vasco Da Gama-Patna Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot early on Friday, 24 November.
The Patna-bound train derailed at 4:18 am, soon after leaving platform number 2 of the Manikpur railway station in Chitrakoot district, about 250 km from Lucknow.
In the aftermath of the derailment, movement of trains was disrupted on the Patna-Allahabad route.
“Prima facie, the cause of accident looks like fractured railway track as per local assessment,” UP’s ADG (Law and Order) told ANI.
Chitrakoot SP Pratap Gopendra Singh told PTI that three people have died while nine were injured in the incident. A father-son duo from Bettiah district of Bihar died on the spot while the third person died at a hospital, informed Singh.
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