Bihar: Railway worker killed as driver unintentionally reverses engine at Barauni Junction, video goes viral

A tragic incident occurred at Barauni Junction, the place a railway employee, Amar Kumar (35), was crushed to demise whereas uncoupling an engine from a bogie. The incident was captured on digital camera and has since gone viral on social media. Within the video, Amar Kumar could be seen trapped between the engine and the bogie for about two hours.

The incident passed off on Saturday round 9 AM at platform no.5. Amar Kumar, a resident of Dalsingsarai in Samastipur district, was uncoupling the engine of the Lucknow-Barauni Categorical (Practice No. 15204) when the driving force mistakenly reversed the practice as an alternative of transferring it ahead. As passengers boarded the practice, the employee acquired caught between the engine and the bogie, resulting in his tragic demise.

Amar Kumar was tragically crushed to demise between the engine and the bogie, the place he remained trapped for about two hours. After the accident, the driving force fled the scene, regardless of passengers elevating an alarm. The driving force didn’t transfer the practice ahead to assist free Amar. It took the railway authorities two hours to maneuver the engine and take away the physique of the employee.

The incident angered passengers and the household of the deceased. Different railway staff gathered on the scene and protested in opposition to the negligence of the railway authorities. The Divisional Railway Supervisor (DRM) of Sonpur arrived and ordered an investigation into the matter.

In a separate incident, a station grasp in Chhattisgarh unintentionally despatched a freight practice down the improper route in a Maoist space whereas on the cellphone together with his spouse. His informal “OK” was misheard by employees as a inexperienced sign, inflicting a Rs 3 crore loss for Indian Railways.