Five killed in train –truck collision in Uttar Pradesh

Five people including three family members were killed by the train, a train collided with two vehicles parked on the railway track and derailed at Uttar Pradesh’s Katra area of Shahjahanpur, A bike-borne woman and her child were among those who were killed in the accident. One person succumbed to his injuries in the hospital , the incident took place on Thursday morning, The Chandigarh-Lucknow special train hit a mini-truck that was carrying fruits with one other vehicle.  According to the press,  The gateman alerted people to move away from the tracks as he began to close the crossing but the train hit the vehicles by the time the people on the track could move, one woman and her child and a local man also died on the spot while another succumbed to death in the hospital The traffic on the Bareilly-Lucknow route was also affected due to the incident.

An official statement “The engine of the train was also damaged but the major accident averted as the train carrying hundreds of passengers could have derailed”

Police rush to the spot after getting informed, Moreover, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has condoled the death of 5 people in the incident and has announced an ex-gratia of ?2 lakh for the family of the deceased.