Jamtara Train Accident News
Jamtara Train Accident News: Two people have died while dozens are injured in the horrific train accident in Jharkhand. The rescue operation continued at the spot till late at night. The police administration team also went into the bushes and started searching for the dead bodies because there was a forested area nearby. Passengers’ bags, slippers, identity cards, and bottles were found scattered on the tracks, which narrates the horror and pain of the accident.
Jagran correspondent, Jamtara. A train ran over many people between Jamtara and Vidyasagar in Jharkhand, causing a major accident. Bhagalpur-Yesvantpur train was passing through the down line. Meanwhile, seeing the dust of ballast lying on the side of the track, the driver felt that a train had arrived and smoke was coming out.
Passengers started jumping from the train
As soon as the rumor of fire in the train spread, the passengers started getting off the train as soon as the driver stopped the train. Then, due to jumping from the wrong side, many passengers got hit by the EMU passenger train going from Asansol towards Jasidih.
Many people are reported to have been injured in this horrific accident, while the bodies of two have been recovered. The bodies of both have been identified with the help of the Aadhaar cards found with the deceased. The rescue operation continued till late at night.
Eyewitnesses described a horrifying scene
The crowd of eyewitnesses gathered at the spot kept describing the scene of this horrific train accident. According to the local people, at the time when the crowd of passengers were jumping from the Bhagalpur-Yesvantpur train in panic near Kalajharia, due to the winding track, the speed of the Asansol-Jhajha EMU coming from the other side had reduced considerably. This was the reason why hundreds of passengers alighting from the train somehow saved their lives by jumping. Otherwise, dozens of people were sure to die in the Jamtara Train Accident News.
Train movement affected on the route
At the same time, due to the area being near the forest at night, a lot of effort had to be made in searching for the dead bodies and injured. According to the local people, there were dozens of people injured in the accident who, despite being injured, boarded the train again and left for Asansol. The movement of trains remained disrupted from both sides till late at night.
The campaign continued till late at night
Seeing the horrific nature of the accident, the RPF and local police-administration team present on the spot along with the rescue team remained busy searching for the dead bodies till late night. Seeing the horrific scene of the accident, the railway team also had to continue the search operation late in the night in the fear that the body of any injured or deceased might be trapped in the surrounding bushes.
After receiving the information, Jamtara SDM Ananth Kumar, SDPO Mujibur Rahman, station in-charge Vivekanand Dubey, SI Nitesh Kumar, SI Bikas Kumar Tiwari, RPF Inspector KM Siraj, Sub Inspector RK Gupta, Srinivasan, SP Verma and others arrived with the local police at around 8.30 pm Jamtara Train Accident News. Mo Aslam was present with the team.
Jamtara Train Accident News At the same time, DRM Chetanand Singh of Asansol Railway Division also reached the incident site in Kalajharia at around 9:30 pm. He directed the team to continue the search operation around the tracks. So that under any circumstances, if any passenger is injured or dead, he can be identified or helped.
Many passengers took shelter in villages
Zilla Parishad member and local villager Surendra Mandal said that the matter is condemnable. The District Superintendent of Police was immediately informed by Jamtara Train Accident News. He demanded immediate compensation from the Railways to the relatives of the dead and injured.
During this chaos, hundreds of passengers alighting from Bhagalpur-Yesvantpur reached Kasitand station on foot took shelter, and kept waiting for the train to go to Jasidih and Jamtara Train Accident News.
Whereas Anil Kumar Singh, a resident of Purnia, Bihar, along with his family, said that he had to go to Cuttack with his family. But there was such chaos that he reached the spot with his entire family at Jamtara Train Accident News. He was on this train in Bhagalpur. For a long time, he took shelter in the nearby village of Kalajhariya.
Bags, slippers, and bottles were found at the scene
Amidst the chaos at the spot, two bags were found thrown on the spot. While the slippers, shoes, and bottles of dozens of people were scattered haphazardly Jamtara Train Accident News. The bodies were so mutilated that there were blood stains everywhere on the tracks. The RPF team kept both bags safe.