While moving train coaches, a railway worker gets trapped and crushed to death

A railway worker gets trapped and crushed to death: A railway porter was killed in a shunting accident at Barauni Junction in Begusarai, Bihar on Saturday, NDTV said a police official.

The deceased has been identified as Amar Kumar Rao who was working as a porter at the station under Sonpur Railway Division.

Rao was on duty on platform 5 of Barauni Junction when Lucknow-Barauni Express (No: 15204) arrived from Lucknow Junction. According to railway sources, Rao was trying to open the coupling of the train when the train suddenly reversed and he got trapped between the coaches.

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After the bystanders raised an alarm, the train driver reportedly got out of the train and ran away without reversing the engine or doing anything to stop the accident. Rao was crushed by the moving engine and died on the spot.

When Rao was trying to open the coupling of the train, the train suddenly reversed and he got trapped between the coaches.

With the bystanders raising an alarm, the train driver reportedly got out of the train and ran away after failing to reverse the engine or do anything to stop the accident. The porter was crushed by the moving engine and died on the spot. Visuals show Rao trapped between two coaches while bystanders are clicking photos on their mobile phones.

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Meanwhile, an inquiry has been ordered by the railway authorities.

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Three coaches of 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar SF Express, one parcel van and two passenger coaches, derailed near Nalpur Station in South Eastern Railway division in Howrah, said CPRO of South-Eastern Railway.

No casualties so far, said South Eastern Railway’s CPRO.

According to latest update, train services have resumed on UP Main Line near Nalpur station. Down line is still under repair.

The 22850 Secunderabad – Shalimar Weekly Express was running through Nalpur station in Kharagpur Division when the coaches derailed, officials said.

On October 31, four empty wagons of a freight train derailed in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. The accident occurred at 3.45 pm at Narayanpur Anant station in Sonpur division of East Central Railway during shunting.

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