3 killed in collision between two goods train

Three persons were killed after two goods trains collided near a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district on early Sunday morning.

The track on which the accident occurred is managed by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for coal transportation from Madhya Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said.

The accident occurred around 4.40 am when a coal-laden train heading towards UP from Amlori mine in MP collided with an vacant goods train near Ghanhari village

Thirteen wagons of one of the trains and an engine jumped off the tracks following the collision. The deceased were identified as Ramlakhan Bais (29), a local, Rasheed Ahmed (65) and Mandeep Kumar (26), both hailing from Uttar Pradesh PTI