New Delhi. Recently, a freight train hit the Kanchenjunga Express train from behind in West Bengal. In this, 10 people including 2 railway employees died and many others were injured. At the time of the accident, the Kanchenjunga Express train was stopped and the freight train came from behind. Now it is being told that the investigation report of this accident has come. In which the driver, assistant driver and guard of the freight train have been blamed. The investigation report says that when the automatic signal system malfunctions, trains are run at restricted speed, but the railway employees driving the freight train did not follow this rule.
“The driver, assistant driver and guard of the goods train are guilty”
◆ The investigation report on the train accident in Kanchenjunga, West Bengal said
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The signal had failed several times since morning between the two stations where the Kanchenjunga Express train met with the accident. Earlier it was reported that the station master had given a written memo to the drivers of the Kanchenjunga Express and the goods train along with the information about the speed limit. It was told that due to the faulty signal, the trains were not supposed to move at a speed more than 10 km per hour between the two stations, but the driver of the goods train did not follow this rule. In such a situation, it hit the Kanchenjunga Express standing on the way from behind.
The railway rules say that even if the automatic signal system is not working, trains can still be run on red signals. For this, the driver has to slow down the speed of the train. Also, in the section where the signal is not working, the train has to stop for 1 minute during the day and 2 minutes at night at every red signal. It is believed that the driver of the goods train must have violated this rule as well. The driver of the goods train, A. Kumar and the guard of Kanchenjunga Express, A. Day, also lost their lives in this accident. The assistant driver of the goods train was seriously injured in the accident.