Toy train derails in Darjeeling, five injured

Kolkata | Tuesday | 10th January, 2017

Summary:

more-inFive persons were injured when a New Jalpaiguri-bound toy train derailed at Kurseong in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Tuesday. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, which operates the toy train, was started in 1881 when Sir Ashley Eden was the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Mr Sharma said the derailment of toy train was “very unusual.”The causes of the accident are being looked into, he said. The injured, including the driver of the train, were admitted to Kurseong Hospital, District Magistrate Anurag Shrivastav said. According to the Railway officials, the train did not have many tourists onboard..