Five persons were injured when a new Jalpaiguri-bound toy train derailed at Kurseong in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Tuesday.
The injured, including the driver of the train, were admitted to Kurseong Hospital, District Magistrate Anurag Shrivastav said.
“The accident occurred at 3.30 p.m. when the engine and one coach got derailed,” Pranab Jyoti Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of North East Frontier Railways, told The Hindu . Mr. Sharma said the derailment was “very unusual.”
The cause of the accident was being looked into, he said.
