Daijiworld Media Network - Agartala/Guwahati

Agartala/Guwahati, Nov 20: Three people, including a mini-truck driver, were killed on Thursday after their vehicle collided with an express train in Tripura’s Dhalai district, officials said.

According to Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, chief public relations officer of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), the down Agartala–Silchar Express was passing through the hilly Ambasa–Manu section when a goods-laden mini truck suddenly entered the railway track at an unauthorised crossing.

The train struck the vehicle, killing the driver and two other occupants on the spot. The track was later cleared, allowing the train to resume its journey, Sharma said.

He added that the crossing where the crash occurred had long been identified as unsafe. Despite rep

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