India, Nov. 5 -- At least eight people were killed and 11 others sustained injuries on Tuesday when a local passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh, with the Railway Board saying that the accident occurred after the passenger train overshot a red signal.

According to officials familiar with the matter, the incident took place around 4 pm when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) passenger train was heading to Bilaspur from Gevra in neighbouring Korba district when it rammed into a goods train from behind. The spot is a few kilometres away from Bilaspur city that houses the headquarters of South Eastern Central Railway (SECR) zone.

The impact of the collision was so severe that a coach of t...