A major train accident has been averted today due to alertness of a gateman and quick reaction by drivers of a goods train in Odisha.
However, one of the wagons of the goods train carrying dolomite jumped the rail between Balugaon and Chilka stations in Khurda Road-Brahmapur railway section of the East Coast Railway, a statement by the railway said.
When the goods train was passing near Balugaon level crossing, on-duty gateman BK Sethi noticed a problem in a particular wagon and alerted the driver and co-loco-pilot.
The train was immediately stopped, resulting in the derailment of all wheels of one wagon, blocking the up line.
There is no injury or casualty to anybody due to the derailment, the release said.
The alert gateman would be felicitated.
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