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14 killed in train-car collision in Jharkhand
Source: ANI December 08, 2015
At least 14 people were killed when a Bolero car carrying them was rammed by a speeding Bhopal-Howrah train in Jharkhand in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.Among the dead, six were children, four women and three men, who were returning from a marriage function.
The accident took place at the outer signal of
Bhurkunda railway station, near Ramgarh.
"The bodies will be taken for postmortem and then the investigation will proceed," Ramgarh Deputy Collector A Dodde said.
The police and administration later reached the spot and cleared the track after recovering the dead bodies.
Later around Monday midnight, the track was cleared and train could leave onward for Bhopal.
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