LIVE | Kanchanjunga Express accident: 9 killed, 41 injured, says Railway Ministry

#WATCH | Teams of NDRF and Police are present at Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in Ruidhasa, Darjeeling district of West Bengal; 5 passengers have died in the accident pic.twitter.com/PCtqpoMncU

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024

#WATCH | Patna, Bihar: On the Kanchenjunga Express train accident, RJD leader Bhai Virendra says, "The country whose railways have been privatised, accidents will happen in that country. Earlier, when accidents happened during the Congress and UPA government, ministers used to… pic.twitter.com/HFJKIvyNyd

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024

#WATCH | Indian Railways officials in Delhi are monitoring the situation at the accident site in West BengalFive passengers have died and many were injured after a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express train in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal today pic.twitter.com/z54qx9zFHJ

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024

Deeply saddened to know about the tragic loss of lives after #KanchanjunghaExpress met with an accident in #WestBengal. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief and pray for the speedy recovery of those who are hospitalised following the…

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) June 17, 2024

The news of the loss of lives due to a train accident in Darjeeling, West Bengal is deeply distressing. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured and success of relief and rescue operations.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) June 17, 2024

Kanchenjunga Express train accident | "10 buses of North Bengal Rashtriya Paribahan Nigam have left for the accident site to rescue stranded passengers of the Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express. Also, additional bus services from Siliguri-Kolkata from Siliguri Tenzing Norgay bus… pic.twitter.com/DJaZcTy1YE

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024

West Bengal | Sealdah Eastern Railway sets up a control desk at Rangapani station after the Kanchenjunga Express train rammed by a goods train at Ruidhasa in Darjeeling district pic.twitter.com/KLOY7Jn8rB

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024

#WATCH | West Bengal | Wagon of Kanchenjunga Express train suspended in the air after a goods train rammed into it at Ruidhasa near Rangapani station under Siliguri subdivision in Darjeeling district today; rescue operation underway pic.twitter.com/rYnEfC3vic

— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2024