Kanchangunja Express accident: Drivers of goods train had 30 hours of rest, hit emergency brakes before crash | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), probing the reason behind Kanchanjunga Express’s fatal collision with a goods train, shared provisional findings highlighting multiple lapses in the signalling and operating procedures that led to the accident.In the findings released on Tuesday, it has been mentioned that the loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of…

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‘Felt like an earthquake’: Kanchanjunga Express passengers recount horrific collision | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: At least nine people were killed and over 50 were injured as a goods train rammed into Kanchanjunga Express on early Monday morning near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.A passenger of the Sealdah-Kanchanjunga Express, standing beside a damaged coach, recounted that their train was moving at a slow pace as it approached Rangapani,…

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Uttarakhand: 8 killed as tempo falls into gorge on Rishikesh-Badrinath national highway | Dehradun News – Times of India

DEHRADUN: At least eight people were killed after a tempo traveller fell into a deep gorge near the Badrinath Highway on Saturday.The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local police have initiated rescue operations at the site of the accident.According to the rescue team, two individuals who sustained injuries in the incident have been transported…

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