A number of passengers suffered minor accidents when at the very least 4 coaches and the engine of the Sabarmati Superfast Categorical derailed in Ajmer, Rajasthan, after colliding with a items prepare.
#WATCH | Rajasthan: 4 coaches together with the engine of a passenger prepare travelling from Sabarmati-Agra Cantt derailed close to Ajmer. Additional particulars awaited. pic.twitter.com/fX9VeLKw2e
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Taking to X, North Western Railways said: “On 18.03.2024 at 01:04 am, close to Madar in Ajmer, prepare quantity 12548, Sabarmati-Agra Cantt, derailed, inflicting the engine and 4 common coaches to derail from the tracks. Railway officers and employees swiftly initiated monitor restoration work. Monitor restoration is underway, and the down line has been fitted.”
“Automobile quantity 12548, going from Sabarmati to Agra, derailed close to the house sign in Ajmer’s Madar at present. 4 common coaches and the engine of the prepare had derailed. Railway officers reached the accident website,” North Western Railways CPRO Shashi Kiran said.
Nevertheless, the Railway official said that there was no lack of life.
“There was no lack of life on this incident. Nevertheless, those that suffered minor accidents have been quickly taken to the close by hospitals,” he said.
VIDEO | “Automobile quantity 12548, going from Sabarmati to Agra, derailed close to the house sign in Ajmer’s Madar at present. 4 common coaches and the engine of the prepare had derailed. Railway officers reached the accident website. There was no lack of life on this incident. Nevertheless,… pic.twitter.com/YiQrWCk7HD
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Quite a few passengers have been on board the prepare on the time of the incident. Railway authorities have established a help desk at Ajmer station and issued a helpline quantity, 0145-2429642, for help.
In a separate incident final month, 4 wagons of a items prepare derailed at Rayanapadu close to Vijayawada railway station in Andhra Pradesh. Fortuitously, there have been no studies of accidents or casualties.
Because of the incident, a number of trains have been diverted, inflicting delays of their schedules.