Chhattisgarh collision: Overshooting red signal by passenger train likely cause, says Railway Board

Hours after a local passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh claiming seven lives, the Railway Board on Tuesday said the accident took place as the passenger train seems to have overshot a red signal.

The collision took place around 4 pm when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) train was heading to Bilaspur from Gevra in neighbouring Korba district, railway officials said, adding it rammed into the goods train from behind between Gatora and Bilaspur stations.

“Passing Signal at Danger by MEMU train seems to be the reason in the preliminary assessment by railway authorities,” a press note from the Railway Board stated. “An unfortunate incident involving a collision between a goods train and a DEMU local train occurred near Bilaspur railway s