A number of passengers were injured on Thursday in a collision between a Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak passenger train and a goods train near Kathojodi station at Cuttack, East Coast Railway officials said. Both tracks are blocked as two coaches of the passenger train derailed, an ECoR official said. The local police and ECoR authorities have began rescue operations and the injured are being shifted to nearby hospital. An accident relief train and a medical van have rushed to the place of accident, ECoR officials said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed concern over the accident and has directed state government officials to ensure free treatment to the injured passengers.

Source: dna September 29, 2016 16:07 UTC