8 Dead, 25 Injured After Goods Train Hits Kanchanjunga Express in Bengal

West Bengal train accident : Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is leaving for Darjeeling to visit the accident site after at least 8 passengers were killed and 30 passengers were injured after a goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express from behind in West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri on Monday. Sources said that at least two bogies of the Kanchanjunga Express were derailed after the collision.

Several coaches of Kanchanjunga Express have been derailed in the crash, it is learnt. More details about the accident are awaited. One factor which limited casualties in the accident is the fact that the rear part of Kanchanjunga Express comprised of the cargo van and the guard’s coach and the passenger compartments were further ahead.