2 dead due to jerk after Delhi-bound train uses emergency brake in Jharkhand

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Two passengers were killed due to a sudden jerk when an emergency brake was applied on a Delhi-bound train in Jharkhand's Koderma district...

According to East Central Railway officials, the driver of the Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express on Saturday applied an emergency brake after the overhead electric wire fell on it..

"As the electric supply stopped all of a sudden, an emergency brake was applied to stop the train and two people died due to jerk," Senior Divisional Commerce Manager of Dhanbad Railway Division Ameresh Kumar said...

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