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Jun 02 2012 (12:02AM)  Motorman dies as train hits truck (ibnlive.in.com)

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Kolkata, June 1 (PTI) In another rail mishap, a motorman died when the Kharagpur-Tata Memu Passenger dashed against a truck at an unmanned level crossing at Sardiha in West Midnapore district under South-Eastern Railway this evening. SER CPRO Soumitra Majumder told PTI that the train started from Kharagpur at 6:20 pm and "we got information that it later dashed against a truck between Sardiha and Jhargram at an unmanned crossing". He said motorman A K Pal was initially taken to Jhargram Sub-divisional Hospital in a serious condition. "Now it is confirmed he is dead," Majumder said. A medical van has rushed to the spot but "all the passengers in the train were safe and there was no injury to any passenger", he said. The UP line, which got blocked due to the incident, would be cleared by 10:20 pm and the train would be hauled to Sardiha. Yesterday five persons...
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were killed and 50 injured when seven bogies - five sleeper and two general coaches - of Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa station in Uttar Pradesh.
Kolkata, June 1 (PTI) In another rail mishap, a motorman was seriously injured as the Kharagpur-Tata Memu passenger train dashed...
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against a truck at an unmanned level crossing at Sardiha in West Midnapore district under South-Eastern Railway this evening. SER CPRO Soumitra Majumder told PTI that the train started from Kharagpur at 6:20 pm and "we got information that it later dashed against a truck between Sardiha and Jhargram at an unmanned crossing". He said seriously injured motorman A K Pal has been taken to Jhargram Sub-divisional Hospital and his condition was stated to be serious. A medical van has rushed to the spot but "all the passengers in the train were safe and there was no injury to any passenger", he said. The train got stranded and efforts were on to resume its journey. Yesterday five persons were killed and 50 injured when seven bogies - five sleeper and two general coaches - of Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa station in Uttar Pradesh. The accident took place near Mahrawa under the Lucknow Division of Northern Railway.
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