The accident happened at the Barauni Junction under Sonpur Railway Division in Bihar during the shunting of train no. 15204 Lucknow - Barauni Express.
As soon as the railways received information about the track crack, the operation of trains on this route was stopped. Many trains remained stranded and got delayed due to the route block which lasted for about half an hour.
Bihar Train Accident: While the injured in the train accident in Buxar, Bihar are being treated, the work to repair the track is going on near Raghunathpur station, where a major train accident has taken place. North East Express going from Delhi to Guwahati derailed near Raghunathpur station of Bux
The visuals from the accident site show that several coaches of the train were scattered near the tracks after the derailment. The officials said, relief teams took all the injured to the nearby hospitals and Patna AIIMS.
Ninety-four mail and express trains and 140 passenger trains have been cancelled due to the protests, while 65 mail and express and 30 passenger trains were partially cancelled.
The deceased has been identified as Nitish Kumar, a resident of Warsaliganj ward number 19. He was wearing earphones while crossing the railway track.
According to the police, five-month pregnant Sarita Devi, 22, Radhika Devi, 32 and her daughter Richa Kumar, 13, had gone to answer nature's call near Lalgarh railway station on Monday morning, when they were mowed down by a running Garib Rath Express.
Patna: Eighteen people, including women and children, were killed and two others seriously injured when a tempo they were travelling in was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Bihar on Monday, officials
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