Nine killed, 35 injured in Uttar Pradesh accident

By IANS,

Lucknow : At least nine people were killed and 35 injured when a passenger train collided with a tractor-trolley and a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh early Sunday, a police official said.


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The accident took place near the Unchahar railway station in Rae Bareli district, some 40km from here.

“It appears that due to the heavy fog, the drivers of the tractor-trolley and the truck could not see the Kanpur Passenger Express train and as a result the accident took place,” district police chief Tarun Gaba told IANS on telephone.

He said eight people riding in the tractor-trolley and a cleaner of the truck died on the spot. As many as 35 injured are undergoing treatment at a district hospital.

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