NEW DELHI, June 17: Minimum five passengers have died, and over 20 people were seriously injured after a goods train rammed into a Kanchanjungha Express on Monday morning near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.
The incident happened at Rangapani area in the Katihar Railway Division ahead of New Jalpaiguri Junction at around 8:45 a.m. today, a senior North Frontier Railway (NFR) official confirmed.
Giving her reaction on X, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: “Shocked to learn, just now, about a tragic train accident, in Phansidewa area of Darjeeling district.