Lucknow June 22 (IANS) Traffic on the Agra-Etawah rail route in Uttar Pradesh was disrupted on Thursday after a goods train derailed near the Taj Mahal town Agra injuring its guard.
The accident took place between Fatehabad and Bah railway stations. The track was laid only a year ago. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee s village falls on this rail route.
Loco pilot Dheeraj Kumar told police that all of a sudden the train started to slip on one side as the track below shifted.
Guard Sunil who sustained injuries has been admitted to a hospital. Railway officials said the tracks have been badly ripped near the Arnauta bridge.
--IANS
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Goods train derails near Agra, rail traffic hit
