New Delhi: A loco pilots’ union has alleged factual errors in the report of a preliminary probe into the Chhattisgarh train collision, which blamed the passenger train’s crew for the accident.

On Tuesday, the local MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) train had rammed into a stationary freight train in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district, killing 11 people, including the loco pilot, and injuring several others.

A preliminary probe conducted by five railway experts held the MEMU train’s crew responsible, stating that they failed to control the train at a red signal and subsequently collided with the goods train.

In a letter addressed to the concerned railway zone, the All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA) alleged that the preliminary probe was based on “imaginary details” and

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