Chhattisgarh: A tragic train accident near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday claimed 11 lives and left around 20 others injured after a local passenger train rammed into a stationary goods train. The collision, described as devastating, was so intense that one of the passenger coaches landed on top of a wagon of the goods train.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. when the MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) train, travelling from Gevra in Korba district to Bilaspur, crashed into the goods train from behind. According to a railway official, the impact caused severe damage to several coaches. Among those killed was the train’s loco pilot, while his assistant a woman sustained serious injuries and was rushed to hospital.

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