Sahibganj, July 3 -- A major train accident was narrowly averted this morning in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, after 14 wagons of a freight train derailed at high speed and crashed into a stationary goods train at the Binduwasini rake loading site in Barharwa block.
The accident caused extensive damage to railway property, though no human casualties were reported.
According to railway officials, the incident occurred when a fully loaded goods rake-parked at the siding-started rolling down uncontrollably without a driver or brake control. It rammed into another stationary goods train, causing a loud crash and a domino derailment of wagons carrying stone
chips. The impact was severe, with wagons piling atop each other and flying off the...