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Nine people died and over 30 others were injured after the Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after being hit by a goods train in West Bengal's Siliguri..
Chairperson and CEO of the Railway Board Jaya Varma Sinha said rescue operations were completed. Sinha said preliminary investigation suggested that the driver of the goods train disregarded the signal and hit the Kanchanjungha Express...
The chairperson of the Railway Board, Jaya Varma Sinha, said the collision near New Jalpaiguri happened because a goods train disregarded the signal and hit the Kanchanjungha Express..
A source in the Indian Railways told PTI that the automatic signalling system between Ranipatra station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal, where the accident took place, was defective since 5.50 in the morning.. ..
President Droupadi Murmu, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, and Union Minister JP Nadda, among others, also condoled the loss of lives in the accident and wished a speedy recovery of the injured passengers...
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