A local train rammed into the Delhi-bound Lokma-nya Tilak Haridwar Express amid foggy conditions at Baghola village in the district on Tuesday, leaving the driver of one of the trains dead and two oth
A local train rammed into the Delhi-bound Lokma-nya Tilak Haridwar Express amid foggy conditions at Baghola village in the district on Tuesday, leaving the driver of one of the trains dead and two others injured.
The passengers of both the trains were safe in the mishap that took place around 8:30 am.The impact of the collision was so severe that the guard bogie of the mail train and the engine of the EMU were badly damaged, resulting in the driver and assistant of the EMU getting trapped, according to railway officials.
They were later pulled out by the passengers and admitted to a hospital where the driver, Yashpal, died. While the driver of the Palwal-Ghaziabad EMU was killed, the assistant driver of the train and guard of the express train were injured in the mishap, Northern Railw-ay spokesperson Neeraj Sharma said.
“There was fog in the morning and the EMU driver probably could not see the signal and hit the train from behind,” he said. After receiving signal at the Palwal Railway Station, the Mumbai-Hari-dwar train was cleared for departure towards Delhi. But due to fog, the train was running at a slow speed. Five km from Palwal, near Baghola village, the train was hit from behind by Palwal EMU shuttle, he said.
The injured guard of the express train has been identified as B.B. Gupta, railways spokesperson Anil Saxena said.
The mishap hit road traffic on the route, disrupting the movement of about 15 trains.General manager of Northern Railway A.K. Puthia, along with senior railway officials, have rushed to the spot and are monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, the railways has ordered an inquiry into the train accident. Commissioner of railway safety S.K. Pathak will be holding an inquiry and submit the report at the earliest, said a senior railway ministry official.
