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Watch: Scenes after goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express in West Bengal

Several coaches were derailed as a goods train rammed into the passenger train at Rangapani station near New Jalpaiguri.

Scroll Staff
Jun 17, 2024 · 11:44 am
Photo via @KamalikaSengupt/X

Major train accident in #Bengal. Sealdah bound #KanchanjungaExpress (passenger) derailed after being hit by a goods train from behind. Two bogies have been uprooted, trampled and thrown off the tracks. Many feared trapped. Rescue work has started by Police and locals. Horrible… pic.twitter.com/E6vZ9jNwmR

— Tamal Saha (@Tamal0401) June 17, 2024

VIDEO | Visuals from Kanchanjungha Express and Goods Train collision spot near West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri. pic.twitter.com/QPsy7S723i

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 17, 2024

Watch: Two coaches of the Kanchanjungha Express derail after being hit by a goods train at Rangapani station before reaching New Jalpaiguri around 9:30 AM. No casualties were reported. The train service from Agartala to Kolkata is affected pic.twitter.com/h01xvYqiD1

— IANS (@ians_india) June 17, 2024

#WATCH | Wagons of goods train have derailed after the train collided with Kanchenjunga Express at Ruidhasa in Darjeeling district of West Bengal pic.twitter.com/YZ0OmM6Fgd

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024

First achievement of Ashwini Vaishnaw 2.0

Most people travelling were tourists going to Darjeeling/Gangtok for vacations.#TrainAccident pic.twitter.com/FbS7P0G6nx

— Avishek Goyal (@AG_knocks) June 17, 2024

Train accident near Rangapani in North Bengal. Down #KanchanjunghaExpress . @RailMinIndia @CNNnews18 pic.twitter.com/q2AyrP1lEH

— Kamalika Sengupta (@KamalikaSengupt) June 17, 2024
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