Rescue teams at train accident site

March 20, 2015 12:33

Update on the Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailment.

Rescue teams from Lucknow and Rae Bareli have rushed to the spot and cranes have been deployed to lift the bogies. The seriously injured would be sent to King George Medical University and Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences -- both in Lucknow.

A trauma centre in KGMU was being kept ready to handle the injured passengers.

Ambulances carrying teams of doctors have been rushed to the accident site to help the passengers who were seen screaming in pain.

Gas cutters were being arranged to cut open the crushed compartments to pull out passengers.

At least six passengers are reported killed after the engine and 2 bogies of the train derailed in Bachhrawan, in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh today.

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