Chhattisgarh train accident : 11 people have been killed in the collision of a passenger train with a goods train on Tuesday near Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh.

The incident occurred around 4 pm on Tuesday when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) passenger train was heading to Bilaspur from Gevra (in neighbouring Korba district). Also Read | 4 run over by train at Mirzapur station after getting off from wrong side

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According to railway officials, the impact of the collision was so severe that a coach of the passenger train ended up on top of a wagon of the cargo train.

“The passenger train hit the goods train from behind at a speed of 60 to 70 kmph after overshooting a red signal,” a senior railway official said.

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