In her complaint, the passenger described the moment of horror when the goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express. She said that the passengers were violently hurled forward when the collision occurred and panic ensued inside the bogey. Published: June 18, 2024 4:23 PM IST By : A passenger who was travelling aboard the ill-fated Kanchanjunga Express when it was rammed from behind by a goods train on the morning of June 17, has filed a complaint against the loco pilot and co-loco pilot of the goods train for ‘negligent conduct’.
The aggrieved passenger, Chinmoy Majumdar, was travelling on the Kanchanjunga Express when a goods train allegedly disregarded a signal and hit the Sealdah-bound passenger train near the Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal at 8.55 am on Monday morning, leaving at least 10 people dead and around two dozen others injured. In her complaint, Majumdar described the moment of horror when the goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express.
She said that the passengers were violently hurled forward when the collision occurred and panic ensued inside the bogey. Majumdar was lucky to survive the fatal crash but did not escape unscathed as she received multiple injuries akin to many of her co-travellers. “After coming down from the train, she found that one goods train hit the Kanchenjunga Express from the back side after which some portion was badly damaged including the engine of the goods train.
The accident happened due to rush and negligent cond.
