A major accident was averted due to the opening of the coupling of the goods train, the wisdom of the driver and the guard saved their lives.

Munger (Munger News): On Bhagalpur-Jamalpur-Kiul railway section Khadiya Pipra Halt A major accident was narrowly avoided on Saturday. 80 kilometers per hour The goods train going from Bhagalpur towards Jamalpur at a speed of 100 km/h suddenly got divided into two parts. This accident was of goods train coupling opening Happened because of.

Accident averted due to the wisdom of driver and guard

A major accident was averted due to the quick thinking of the goods train driver and guard. There was no harm to any other train, passengers or local people in this incident. However, train operations were disrupted for some time due to the incident.

Cause of incident: Coupling failure

Traffic Inspector Rajhans informed that this incident occurred due to a fault in the coupling of the goods train. around saturday morning at 9 o’clock The coupling of this goods train going from Bhagalpur towards Jamalpur suddenly broke. Due to this the vehicle got divided into two parts.

Goods train divided into two parts at the spot

• Sultanganj Station after crossing Khadiya Pipra Railway Halt with engine near 10 wagons ahead Went out.
• the remaining wagons Kalyanpur Station And Sultanganj Station Was brought.
• During this time Khadiya was situated near Pipra Halt. contact gate also remained closed, due to which Shahpur to Akbarnagar The outgoing vehicles remained stranded.

Train services affected

The incident caused disruption to several trains, including:

1. Malda-Kiul Intercity
2. Bhagalpur-Jamalpur Passenger
3. Banka Intercity
4. Danapur-Sahibganj Intercity

Goods train left again at 11 o’clock

After the efforts of the technical team 11 am The divided wagons of the goods train were attached and sent off again. During this period the traffic was completely kept under control and no accident occurred.