60 Injured As Two Loco Trains Collide In Uttarakhands Chamoli

Around 60 people were injured after a loco train hit a goods train inside the Pipalkoti tunnel of the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. Chamoli District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar said the accident took place late on Tuesday evening. At the time, 109 people, most of them workers, were travelling on the train. He said all the injured were rescued and their condition is stable.

According to the district administration, one loco train carrying people and another carrying construction materials were moving inside the Pipalkoti tunnel when the collision happened. The project is being built by THDC (India).

Officials explained that loco trains are commonly used inside such tunnels to transport workers, officials and materials needed for construction work.