TWIN TRAIN ACCIDENT AT HARDVA IN MADHYA PRADESH

TWIN TRAIN ACCIDENT AT HARDVA IN MADHYA PRADESH It happened at about 11.45 midnight , when most of the passengers were asleep. At Hardva in MP , the railway track near the river , which was in spate , caved in , the sleepers were dislocated by the flowing water and engine and several bogies of a train came under water. Almost immediately afterwards , another train came from the opposite direction also suffered the same fate. In this case the engine escaped intact. As it was dark , the passengers could not even know what had happened . 28 people lost their life and several were injured. Accident special train soon came and took the live passengers to Itarsi. Full facts will be known only after enquiry by Commissioner for Railway Safety