LUCKNOW/KANPUR, Feb. 5 -- Two people were injured in a collision between two coal laden freight trains in Fatehpur district on Tuesday.

The incident took place on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, on which only goods trains run, near Pambhipur in Khaga, between Kanpur and Fatehpur. Thus, it did not affect passenger train movement.

EDFC officers said a goods train crashed into another, which was stationary, at a high speed. The force of the collision sent the stationary train's guard cabin tumbling into a ditch, while the engine of the moving train derailed and collided with the cabin.

Loco pilot Shiv Shankar Yadav and conductor Anuj Rai sustained minor injuries in the incident. The guard of the stationary train, Sonu Verma, manag...