Five coaches derailed in MP, villagers saved several lives
VIDISHA: Early on Monday, five coaches of Mumbai-bound Udyog Nagri Express derailed in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidhisha district. Timely help of local villagers saved several lives. Thirty passengers were injured, seven of them critically, in the accident, said police.
The train no. 12173 was coming from Lucknow when it derailed near Sorai station, over 70 km from here, around 6.30 a.m. Monday.
A witness told, “As soon as we heard the sound of the train getting derailed and passengers crying for help, we reached the spot. We provided them water and took them to hospital for treatment.”
“The railway officials reached the spot only after two hours,” he added.
Among the injured, there were at least four pregnant women who needed immediate help. They were taken to hospital.
The district collector of Vidhisha C.B. Singh said, “People got injured in the accident, but no casualty has been reported.”
An express train hit a water tanker in Gwalior district Sunday. However, no loss of life and property was reported. On April 18, a Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Mumbai had caught fire near Ratlam in the state.
Now this is the third rail accident in less than a month in Madhya Pradesh.
