2014 Khalilabad derailment | |
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Details | |
Date | 26 May 2014 |
Location | Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh |
Country | India |
Statistics | |
Trains | 2 |
Deaths | 40 |
Injured | 150 |
Damage | 2 trains |
On 26 May 2014, an express train travelling from Gorakhpur town to Hisar collided with a stationary goods train at Chureb railway station in Khalilabad north India, killing at least 40 people and injuring another 150.[1][2][3] Prime-minister-elect Narendra Modi expressed his condolences at the time, on Twitter.[4]