RAIPUR: At least seven passengers were killed and 16 injured when a passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday evening.

Bilaspur collector Sanjay Agrawal confirmed that seven bodies have been recovered so far, while two passengers are still trapped inside a damaged coach. “Around 16 injured passengers have been admitted to different hospitals in Bilaspur. The figure of the injured is likely to rise as rescue and relief operations continue,” he said.

According to officials, the Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) train was arriving at Bilaspur from Korba when it dashed into the guard’s compartment of the freight train on the same track at around 4 pm.

The affected coaches of the Korba passenger train are the first two bogies including the fron

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