Jharkhand information: Two passengers died on Saturday (November 11) following a sudden jolt after a Delhi-bound train stopped as an overhead electric wire snapped in Jharkhand’s Koderma district, East Central Railway officers stated.
The accident occurred close to Parsabad between Gomoh and Koderma railway stations at 12.05 pm as the driving force of Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express utilized the emergency brake to cease the train after the overhead electric wire fell on it, they stated.
“As electric supply stopped all of a sudden, emergency brake was applied to stop the train, and two persons died due to jerk,” Senior Divisional Commerce Manager of Dhanbad Railway Division Ameresh Kumar stated.
The train was operating at a velocity of 130 kmph when the accident occurred. Train motion on the grand chord line beneath the Dhanbad Railway Division of ECR resumed after over 4 hours of halt following the accident within the Koderma-Gomoh part, he stated.
The Purushottam Express was delivered to Gomoh by a diesel engine from the accident spot and despatched to Delhi by an electric engine, he stated. After getting data, Dhanbad Railway Division Manager KK Sinha together with senior officers reached the spot.
(With companies inputs)
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