Guwahati, Four persons suffered minor injuries after five coaches and the engine of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru near Assam’s Guwahati on Wednesday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
A Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson said in a statement that all passengers were safe, and no major injuries have been reported. ”Four sustained minor injuries and are receiving care. ”This resulted in an unfortunate incident of derailment, in which the locomotive along with 5 coaches derailed,” the spokesperson said.
Sarma, in a social media post, said that all the passengers were safe. We’re working closely with @RailMinIndia on this situation,” he said. ”All stranded passengers have been provided with basic necessities, and alternative travel train has been arranged for the journey,” the CM said. A special train has already reached the site to take the stranded passengers to their respective destinations, and they have been provided with drinking water and food items, he said. The accident occurred when the Kolkata-Sairang Express was entering the Digaru railway station in Kamrup district, and the loco pilot gave precedence to another train, but could not control the speed, he had earlier said.
