Bihar train accident: At least four killed as train derails in India

BIHAR, (Reuters): At least four people were killed and about 80 injured as an express train derailed in the Indian state of Bihar on Wednesday, a district official told Reuters.

Twenty-one coaches of the North-East Express train, which runs from Delhi to Assam, derailed at the Raghunathpur railway station in Bihar’s Buxar district around 9:35 pm (1605 GMT) on Wednesday, Tarun Prakash, general manager of East Central Railway, said.

Three coaches overturned, a police official said. The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.

Several other passengers and goods trains were diverted due to the train accident in India, media reports said.

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India‘s Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said on social media network X that the train‘s evacuation and rescue were complete.

The relief train for the stranded passengers departed early Thursday, the East Central Railway said in a post on social media platform X.

In June, India experienced its worst train accident in two decades in Odisha, which resulted in the death of at least 288 people.