5 dead in central India train accident


NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured when a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in India's central state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, confirmed an Indian Railways spokesman.

The accident occurred in the state's Bilaspur district around 4 p.m. when the passenger train overshot the signal and rammed into the stationary goods train near Lal Khadan area.

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