Fatuha train crash
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox public transit accident The Fatuha train crash was a rail transport accident that occurred on 4 April 1998, in India. Removal of fishplates led to the packed Howrah-Danapur Express jumping tracks, killing at least 11 passengers and injuring more than 50 near Fatuha Station in Fatuha city on the Eastern Railway's Danapur division. In all, nine bogies derailed disrupting traffic.[1]
Local citizens assisted the injured at the scene until authorities arrived. The injured were rushed to the PMC hospital, Nalanda Medical College hospital and a hospital in Patna, about Script error: No such module "convert". from the accident site. The remaining passengers were taken to Patna by a special train. Eleven passengers died at the scene, and one succumbed to his injuries at Patna Medical College hospital.[2]
"Prima facie, the cause of the accident is removal of fish plates on the right side of the tracks," railway officials said.[2]
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