Ranchi: Two loco pilots were killed and four others injured in a collision between two goods trains operated by NTPC in Sahebganj district in the early hours of Tuesday.
About incident
The incident occurred around 3 am near Bhognadih in Barhait police station area, police said.
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Police statement
Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Sahebganj Kishore Tirkey said, "The drivers of both the goods trains were killed in the head-on collision,"
Eastern Railway said
Eastern Railway spokesperson Kausik Mitra said, "The goods trains and the track both belong to the NTPC. It has nothing to do with the Indian Railways."
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The tracks on which the accident happened are also owned by NTPC and mainly used for transporting coal to its power plants.
The line on which the accident happened connects NTPC's Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station in Bihar's Bhagalpur district to the Farakka Power Plant in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
