The incident took place at M E S Tiniali area near Chabua town of the district at around 7 pm, the sources said.

As per preliminary reports, the Dibrugarh-Ledo passenger train was coming towards Dibrugarh when it collided head on with a pilot engine going to the opposite direction.

All the injured have been shifted to local hospitals and rescue operations are still going on at the site.

  

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First Published: Dec 26 2012 | 9:25 PM IST

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