At least four dead, many injured as passenger train collides with goods train in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur

At least four persons were killed and many others injured after a passenger train collided with a goods train from behind near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, railway officials said.

The incident took place around 4 pm when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) passenger train was heading to Bilaspur from Gevra (in neighbouring Korba district), they said.

When the train was between Gatora and Bilaspur railway stations, the passenger train rammed into a goods train from behind, the officials said.

“So far, four deaths in the accident have been confirmed. Two others are still trapped and efforts are on to rescue them,” Bilaspur Collector Sanjay Agrawal told reporters.

The injured passengers have been shifted to Apollo Hospital and Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences