'Few jerks and I fainted...': Passengers recall Bihar train accident horror

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The train derailment in Bihar's Buxar, which killed four people, resulted in a terrifying scene with several coaches strewn across the track..

Passengers recount harrowing experiences as railway authorities strive to restore the tracks for traffic...

Coaches can be seen strewn on both sides of the track, a few of these several feet away, in Raghunathpur, a non-descript town in the Buxar district of Bihar where the North East Express derailed...

In an adjoining coach, Mohd Nasir and Abu Zahid, both residents of Kishanganj district, were fast asleep, perhaps enjoying pleasant dreams of a vacation at home, away from the hustle and bustle of Delhi...

While Nasir thanked his stars for escaping with minor bruises in the accident, which saw virtually the entire train being thrown off the rails, his eyes turned moist as he recalled rescue personnel taking away the body of Abu Zahid, who was in his 20s, informing him that his friend was dead...

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