3 die in Assam train crash - Excavator runs into path of speeding locomotive

2012-02-04 03:29:07

Mirza, Feb. 3: A driver trying to take his excavator across an unmanned railway crossing gate at Hatigor Bongara, close to Guwahati airport, today led to a train crash that left at least three dead and more than 50 people injured. While five bogies of the Chilarai Passenger, which rammed into the excavator, capsized, another four bogies of the 11-coach train got derailed. While the Chilarai Passenger was heading for Kamakhya railway station from New Bongaigaon, the excavator was crossing the lin... Full Article at Calcutta Telegraph News »