A tragic incident occurred at Barauni Junction, the place a railway employee, Amar Kumar (35), was crushed to loss of life whereas uncoupling an engine from a bogie. The incident was captured on digicam and has since gone viral on social media. Within the video, Amar Kumar will be seen trapped between the engine and the bogie for about two hours.
The incident came about on Saturday round 9 AM at platform no.5. Amar Kumar, a resident of Dalsingsarai in Samastipur district, was uncoupling the engine of the Lucknow-Barauni Specific (Prepare No. 15204) when the driving force mistakenly reversed the prepare as a substitute of transferring it ahead. As passengers boarded the prepare, the employee acquired caught between the engine and the bogie, resulting in his tragic loss of life.
Amar Kumar was tragically crushed to loss of life between the engine and the bogie, the place he remained trapped for about two hours. After the accident, the driving force fled the scene, regardless of passengers elevating an alarm. The driving force didn’t transfer the prepare ahead to assist free Amar. It took the railway authorities two hours to maneuver the engine and take away the physique of the employee.
The incident angered passengers and the household of the deceased. Different railway staff gathered on the scene and protested towards the negligence of the railway authorities. The Divisional Railway Supervisor (DRM) of Sonpur arrived and ordered an investigation into the matter.
In a separate incident, a station grasp in Chhattisgarh by accident despatched a freight prepare down the unsuitable route in a Maoist space whereas on the telephone along with his spouse. His informal “OK” was misheard by employees as a inexperienced sign, inflicting a Rs 3 crore loss for Indian Railways.
