Bikaner-Guwahati Express Derails And Overturns In Bengal's Jalpaiguri District, 3 Killed

TV footage showed a number of coaches lying sideways down the elevated tracks as rescue workers were seen trying to extricate the passengers.

Bikaner-Guwahati Express Derails And Overturns In Bengal's Jalpaiguri District, 3 Killed
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Three people were killed dead as several coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derailed and overturned near Dohomoni in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Thursday, officials said.

TV footage showed a number of coaches lying sideways down the elevated tracks as rescue workers were seen trying to extricate the passengers.

Sources said a relief train has been rushed to the spot.

Jalpaiguri district administration said some injured passengers were being rushed to a hospital in nearby Moynaguri.

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