At least four persons were killed and several injured after a passenger train and a goods train collided near the Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, The Hindu reported.

The rescue operations were still on. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

The casualties were confirmed to the newspaper by Bilaspur Collector Sanjay Agrawal.

The official said that the number of injured had not been compiled because some persons believed to be trapped under the wreckage were being rescued.

The accident took place at about 4 pm , ANI quoted the South East Central Railway as saying. The Mainline Electric Multiple Unit passenger train, typically used for short-distances, was travelling to Bilaspur from Gevra Road in the neighbouring Korba district.

The railways

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