Barabanki, Nov. 26 -- A high-speed dumper truck on Wednesday evening broke through a bridge railing and fell from a height of nearly 25 feet onto a railway track in Ramnagar police station area of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh, officials confirmed.

Garib Rath Express, travelling from Amritsar to Bihar on the adjacent track, narrowly escaped a collision.

Superintendent of Police (SP) (Barabanki) Arpit Vijayvargiya told ANI that the truck also damaged the railway's electrical lines, causing train traffic to halt. He added that the truck lost control while crossing a railway overbridge and fell onto the track.

"Around 9 pm, we received information that a large trolley loaded with ply had fallen onto a railway truck. At the scene, it...