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200 passengers swept off train's roof in UP
Sultanpur/Pratapgarh
(UP): In a bizarre accident, around 200 people fell
off the roof of a running train on Monday night in Uttar
Pradesh. They were swept off by a tree branch. Around
800 people were sitting atop the Saryu Express, which
plies between Allahabad and Faizabad, when they were swept
off by near Sultanpur. The victim, all young men, were
going from Allahabad for an Army recruitment drive. They
were forced to ride on the train's roof as there was no
space inside the train. "There was no space in the train
so around 700-800 boys all of us were sitting on top of
the train when suddenly a branch came and around 200 of
them fell down. I also got injured in the incident," said
Sanjay Singh, a victim. The injured have been taken to
hospitals in Pratapgarh and Sultanpur. Three people also
lost their lives in the incident. Meanwhile, the police
conducted a search at the accident site to look for other
victims. Riding atop the train roof is not a new thing
in India. In many small towns and cities and even rural
areas, passengers travel atop trains in absence of proper
reservation. There have been instances in the past where
people have fallen off the train roofs while traveling,
but the number involved in this accident is quite large.
-Jan
20, 2009
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