Bilaspur/Raipur: The death toll in the Chhattisgarh train collision climbed to 11 on Wednesday, with several more passengers battling for their lives in hospitals a day after a MEMU passenger train rammed into a stationary goods rake near Bilaspur following a suspected signal breach.

Railway officials said the Gevra–Bilaspur MEMU train, which was running at considerable speed, overshot a stop signal and hit the parked freight train around 4 pm on Tuesday, leading to a powerful impact that crushed the train’s engine and one of its coaches. The collision was so severe that the locomotive mounted the rear wagon of the goods train, trapping passengers inside for nearly two hours before rescue teams could reach them. ADVERTISEMENT

Rescue operations continued late into the night, with teams

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