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The Utkal Express derailment

The impact of the accident was strong enough to send a derailed coach crashing into a house in Jagat colony, a railway colony next to the tracks.

August 21, 2017 05:52 pm | Updated December 03, 2021 12:26 pm IST

In full swing: A mangled coach of the Utkal Express being lifted by a crane at Khatauli on Sunday. PTI

In full swing: A mangled coach of the Utkal Express being lifted by a crane at Khatauli on Sunday. PTI

At least 23 persons were killed and around 400 injured when 14 coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed on Saturday evening at Khatauli, near Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh police officials said.

It was 5.46 p.m. on Saturday when the Haridwar- bound train derailed immediately after it crossed the Khatauli station.

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