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Assam-bound train avoids mishap as engine detaches from bogies

GUWAHATI: Assam-bound train narrowly avoided mishap on Thursday after its engine detached from the coaches.

The Bengaluru–Tinsukia weekly superfast express was on its way to Tinsukia when the engine got detached from the 21 coaches and travelled close to two kilometres in Alipurduar, West Bengal.   

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None of the passengers were injured as the coaches eventually came to a stop after the engine was delinked. The driver realised about the incident a few minutes later and informed the Alipurduar division after which the bogies were attached to the engine.

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