Jamshedpur/Ranchi/Kolkata: Two persons were killed and 20 others injured as at least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday, officials said.
The accident occurred at 3.45 AM near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway (SER), they said.
Train number 12810, Howrah-Mumbai Mail, derailed at around 3.45 am near Badabamboo, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway.
Of the 18 coaches that derailed in the Jharkhand train accident 16 were passenger coaches, one power car, and one pantry car, an official said.
Rescue and relief operations are underway, officials said.
The Indian Railways has issued the following helpline numbers: Tatanagar: 06572290324, Chakradharpur: 06587238072, Rourkela: 06612501072, 06612500244, Howrah: 9433357920, 03326382217, Ranchi: 06512787115 and Mumbai: 02222694040.
