India, Nov. 4 -- Five people were killed and several others injured after a passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. when a MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) passenger train was heading to Bilaspur from Gevra in neighbouring Korba district. When the train was between Gatora and Bilaspur railway stations, it rammed into a goods train from behind, officials said.

The death toll in the accident was revised to five and two bodies were trapped in the debris, according to Sanjeev Shukla, IG Bilaspur.

Bilaspur Collector Sanjay Agrawal earlier said, "So far, four deaths have been confirmed in the accident. Two persons...