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Goods train derails in yard in C'garh's Bastar

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Press Trust of India Jagdalpur

Two locomotives and three wagons of a goods train Sunday derailed and crashed into a track side overhead equipment carshed building on Kirandul- Vishakhapattnam railway section in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, an official said.

No casualties were reported in the incident, he said.

The incident took place at around 3:30 pm in the rail yard of Dilmili railway station, when the iron-ore laden goods train was heading to Visakhapatnam from Bacheli (Dantewada), he said.

After derailment, the train crashed into the OHE inspection and maintenance car shed located on the side of the track, damaging a part of the structure, he said.

The movement of trains was not affected as the incident happened in a yard, he said.

 

A probe has been ordered, he added.

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First Published: May 05 2019 | 9:30 PM IST

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