The train derailed after hitting a vehicle. In the collision three people succumbed and nearly fifty were injured. More updates, by evening…

The passenger train derailed at an unmanned level crossing at Kamrup district in Assam today. The accident occurred when the train collided with an earth cutting vehicle which was trying to cross the crossing. The driver of the vehicle died along with two more occupants of the vehicle in the accident.

The collision derailed the engine and five bogies of the passenger train leaving 50 passengers injured, the sources said. The event related by sources is, that the vehicle was stuck at the level crossing at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza was hit by the Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train at 9:30 am.

Two of the dead on the earth cutting vehicle were identified as Bipul Rabha and Saloi.The wheels of some of the derailed coaches broke and a portion of the railway tracks was damaged in the accident, the sources added. Injured passengers have been rushed to Mirza Public Health Centre. Those critically wounded have been referred to Gauhati Medical College Hospital, police said. Personnel of the Disaster Management Authority swung into action for rescue and relief operations with railway rescue vans and high officials rushing to the spot.
(With inputs from internet: AarKay)