Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren directed officials concerned to expedite relief operations and help the injured people.
Train accident. (NilanjanDasAITC/ X)
Two persons were killed and 20 others injured as at least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday. The accident occurred at 3.45 am near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur. Officials said that there was another derailment of a goods train nearby, but it was not yet clear whether the two accidents occurred concurrently.