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Punjab: सिग्नल तोड़ मालगाड़ी ने दूसरी को मारी टक्कर, जम्मूतवी एक्सप्रेस भी आई चपेट में, 70 गाड़ियां प्रभावितA freight train collision occurred near Madhopur Chowki, close to the Sirhind railway station in Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, at 3:16 AM on Sunday. One freight train, ignoring signals, collided with another freight train, causing the engine of the first train to overturn and crash into the Jammu Tawi Express. Thankfully, there...
more... were no casualties. However, both pilots of the freight trains were injured and were taken to the Fatehgarh government hospital, then transferred to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala. This incident echoed the recent Odisha train disaster, which resulted in over 290 fatalities. The collision happened near the New Sirhind station on the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) track, where two coal-laden freight trains were stationary. The engine of one train detached and collided with the other, before overturning and becoming embedded in the Sammer Special passenger train traveling from Ambala to Jammu Tawi. The freight train carriages also piled on top of each other.
Sunday subah 3:16 baje, Punjab ke Fatehgarh Sahib mein, Sirhind railway station ke paas Madhopur Chowki pe ek freight train ka accident ho gaya. Ek freight train, signal ignore karke, doosri freight train se takra gaya. Isme pehle wali train ka engine palat gaya aur Jammu Tawi Express se takra gaya....
more... Khushi ki baat hai ki isme koi bhi jaan nahin gayi. Lekin dono freight trains ke pilots zakhmi ho gaye aur unhe Fatehgarh ke government hospital mein le jaaya gaya, jahan se unhe Patiala ke Rajindra Hospital mein transfer kiya gaya. Yeh accident kuchh dino pehle Odisha mein huye train accident ki yaad dilaata hai, jisme 290 se zyada logon ki jaan gayi thi. Is accident mein koi jaan nahin gayi, jo khushi ki baat hai. Yeh accident New Sirhind station ke paas, Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) track pe hua, jahan do coal-laden freight trains khadi thi. Ek train ka engine khulke doosri se takra gaya, aur fir engine palat ke Ambala se Jammu Tawi ki taraf ja rahi Sammer Special passenger train mein phans gaya. Accident mein freight train ki bogiyan bhi ek doosre pe chadh gayi.