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Bengal train mishap toll touches 62

Bengal train mishap toll touches 62

Rediff.com19 Jul 2010

A speeding express train rammed into the rear of another killing 60 people and injuring over 150 at the Sainthia station in Bhirbhum district of West Bengal, apparently after overshooting the signal in the early hours on Monday.

'Shocked' Mamta zeroes in on driver's postmortem

'Shocked' Mamta zeroes in on driver's postmortem

Rediff.com19 Jul 2010

Union Minister of Railways Mamta Bannerjee, who is extremely perturbed by the disastrous train mishap in West Bengal early on Monday morning, has asked her ministry to carefully oversee the postmortem of M C Dey, the driver of the New Coochbehar-Sealdah Uttarbanga Express, which rammed into Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express in Sainthia station of Birbhum district, killing 62 people and injuring 92 others.