Four coaches of passenger train derail in MP, six injured

Agencies

Bhopal: Four coaches of a passenger train derailed in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni district on Saturday night, injuring at least six passengers.

Rescue teams were dispatched from Jabalpur and Itarsi stations

The coaches of the 51675 Chopan Express, running between Katni and Chopan towns, derailed between the Piparia and Kaman stations in Katni, West Central Railway’s Chief Public Relations Officer Gunjan Gupta said.

The incident took place at 10.20 pm and the train was at a slow speed.

Sources said that the injured were in the general coaches of the train that went off the track after a jerk.

Rescue teams were dispatched from Jabalpur and Itarsi stations, said sources.