India
UP train accident: Death toll rises to 4, 32 injured
Lucknow: The death toll in the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda has risen to four, while 32 people were injured in the incident.
According to Kashmir Media Service, eight coaches of the train had derailed between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations, about 150 km from the state capital, on the Gonda-Gorakhpur section of the Northeast Railway on Thursday afternoon.
District Magistrate of Gonda, Neha Sharma, said, “So far, four passengers have died and 32 are injured. Of the injured passengers, the condition of around half a dozen is critical.”
She said two of the critically injured passengers are undergoing treatment at Lucknow’s trauma centre.
