Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh): A loco pilot was killed and five other personnel injured when a moving freight train hit a stationary goods train and then derailed at Singhpur railway station of Shahdol district on Wednesday, rail officials said.
Shahdol district collector Vandana Vaidya said, "One of the railway personnel injured in the freight trains accident died. Two out of the five other injured are in critical condition and undergoing treatment at local government medical college."
The engines of the trains caught fire after the collision.
At first, the officials had denied claims of any collision and said that the trains derailed.
The incident took place due to signal overshoot at around 6.50 am near Singhpur station, which falls under Bilaspur railway division, an official from South East Central Railway (SECR) said.
10 trains on Bilaspur-Katni route cancelled
Eight wagons and a locomotive of the iron ore-laden moving goods train derailed in the incident causing rail traffic disruption. All trains on the Bilaspur-Katni route were affected, the officials said.
At least 10 trains operated on the route have been cancelled, he said.
Rescue operations were underway with efforts to restore the rail traffic.
