Bihar Train Tragedy Monday Aug 19,2013

28 people, including 14 women, were on Monday crushed to death by a speeding train at Dhamara Ghat station in Bihar’s Khagaria District. Ten men and four children were the other victims. Six injured people are being treated in hospital

The station is a crammed facility with a three-line track, having no platform. Around 7.45 a.m., a group of pilgrims returning from a nearby shrine was walking on the middle track. Two trains — one going from Samastipur to Madhepura and the other returning from Madhepura — were halted at the station. The Rajyarani Express had received the clearance to pass through the station. Running at a speed of nearly 80 km, it mowed down 28 people before coming to a halt

Angry locals staged protests, delaying the rescue and relief efforts by several hours. Protesters set the Patna-bound superfast Rajyarani Express and another passenger train on fire, damaging 20 coaches and two engines