News - Mumbai's train crashes on buffer and jumps into platform!

An Electrical Multiple Unit local crashed in to the dead-end buffer on platform No. 3 at Churchgate on Sunday ( 28th June 2015 ) morning. A woman was seriously injured while four other commuters sustained minor injuries.

Eye witnesses claimed that as soon as the train hit the buffer, the train got decoupled and jumped the front of the platform. However, there are no report on injuries.

The buffer is a safety device to stop trains and absorb the shock in case a train overshoots. A panel will be set up for a probe.

A senior railway official said, "The train usually enters into the platform at speed of 30 kmph. We have to examine whether the train was over-speeding or if the motorman failed to apply the brakes at the right moment."

It is a serious lapse and the motorman L Tiwari and the guard of the train have been undergoing medical examination. A railway official present at the site said that the rakes if Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) make. One coach got damaged and the OHE too got snapped because of the accident.

Senior railway officials have rushed to site from the function at Sahyadri Guest house where chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Railway minister Suresh Prabhu are inking Memorandum of Understanding for form a special purpose vehicle to execute railway projects in the state.

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