Summary: Commissioner of Railway Safety, Northern Circle, Submits Preliminary Report on accident Unusual Occurrence of Human run over by Train No . 74643
Shri Shailesh Kumar Pathak, Commissioner of Railway Safety, Northern Circle , held a statutory inquiry into the accident Unusual Occurrence of human run over by train No. 74643 JUC-ASR DMU between Mananwala – Amritsar Jn. (MOW-ASR) on Jalandhar City-Amritsar Jn. (JUC-ASR) Broad Gauge Double Line Electrified section at Km 508/17-18 near LC No. S-27 in Firozpur Division of Northern Railway on 19.10.2018 at 18:55 hrs. As a result of the accident, 60 persons were killed, 35 persons were grievously injured and 31 persons sustained simple injuries.
According to the provisional findings of the Commissioner appended with his preliminary report, the accident occurred due to “Error in working by public near Railway line”. These findings are under the consideration of the Government.