MUMBAI, JAN 22 : At least 12 train passengers were killed after stepping down due to a rumour of fire and being run over by another train passing on the adjacent tracks in North Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district on Wednesday evening, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twelve bodies have been recovered from the train accident site in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, Special Inspector General of Police Dattatraya Karale told PTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan, citing information from the district collector, told a news channel that 10 to 12 people had died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accident took place between Maheji and Pardhade stations near Pachora where the Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express had halted after someone pulled the chain due to a rumour of fire around 5 pm, Central Railway officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some passengers of Pushpak Express stepped down, and were hit by the oncoming Karnataka Express heading from Bengaluru to Delhi, said Central Railway’s chief spokesperson Swapnil Nila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accident spot is more than 400 km away from Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our preliminary information is that there were sparks inside one of the coaches of Pushpak Express due to either ‘hot axle’ or ‘brake-binding’ (jamming), and some passengers panicked. They pulled the chain, and some of them jumped down. At the same time, Karnataka Express was passing,” a senior railway official told PTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Senior officials are reaching the spot, after which more information will be available,” said Maharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil who is also the guardian minister of Jalgaon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said Jalgaon General Hospital and nearby private hospitals are being kept ready for treating passengers injured in the train tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The tragic loss of lives in a very unfortunate incident near Pachora in Jalgaon district (which) is deeply distressing. I pay my heartfelt tributes to them,” Fadnavis, who is in Davos, posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said state minister Girish Mahajan and the superintendent of police have reached the spot and the district collector will reach there shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jalgaon district administration is working in coordination with the railways, and immediate arrangements are being made for the treatment of the injured, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fadnavis said eight ambulances have been dispatched to the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The general hospital as well as other nearby private hospitals have been kept ready for the treatment of the injured, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Emergency equipment like glass cutters, floodlights etc. have also been kept ready. We are monitoring the entire situation and all necessary assistance is being provided immediately. I am in touch with the district administration,” Fadnavis noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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