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Three dead, 50 injured as train derails in Assam

Agencies | By, New Delhi
Feb 03, 2012 11:30 AM IST

Three people were dead and at least 50 passengers injured when the engine and five compartments of a train derailed after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam today.

Three people were dead and at least 50 passengers injured when the engine and five compartments of a train derailed after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam on Friday.

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The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into the vehicle and stuck on the track at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza railway stations leaving about 50 injured around 9.30am, railway sources said.

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The injured passengers were rushed by the local people to the Mirza Public Health Centre from where the critically injured were referred to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, police said.

Railway officials along with rescue vans have rushed to the spot, railway sources said.

(with PTI and AP inputs)

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