Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express accident: Toll reaches 4, 31 injured

Eight coaches derailed between Motiganj and Jhilahi Stations

The death toll in the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda has risen to four, while 31 people were injured in the incident, an official said on Friday.

Eight coaches of the train had derailed between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations, about 150 km from the state capital, on the Gonda-Gorakhpur section of the Northeast Railway on Thursday afternoon.

District Magistrate of Gonda, Neha Sharma, said, “So far, four passengers have died and 31 are injured. Of the injured, the condition of around half a dozen is critical.”