4 people died and 100 were injured after six compartments of the Kamakhya Junction-bound 12506 Northeast Express derailed near Raghunathpur railway station in Bihar’s Buxar district.
According to a Railways official who spoke to ANI, the mishap occurred at approximately 9:35 pm. The train was enroute Kamakhya, near Guwahati in Assam.
“Four casualties have been confirmed and rescue operation is under way. Twenty-one coaches have derailed,” Tarun Prakash, general manager of the East Central Railway, was quoted by the Times of India as saying.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.
