On Wednesday, January 22, a significant incident struck passengers aboard the Pushpak Express traveling from Lucknow to Mumbai near Jalgaon, Maharashtra. A sudden rumor of a train fire caused panic, prompting the passengers to pull the emergency chain. This unforeseen chaos led some passengers to disembark abruptly onto nearby tracks, only to be struck by an oncoming train. This tragic event resulted in 13 fatalities.
A recent development in this case reveals that the fire rumor was started by a tea vendor on board the train.
An eyewitness recounted that a tea vendor spread the fire rumor, igniting a sense of urgency and fear within the train. The vendor himself pulled the emergency chain, causing the train to slow down, and passengers began jumping off in a bid to escape.
Source: aajtak
The eyewitness further shared, "Some people leaped onto the track where the Bangalore Express was passing, resulting in their deaths. Hundreds jumped to the other side without tracks, averting even greater casualties."
Witnessed Scenes
Pushpak Express, hustling from Lucknow, was nearly 425 km away from Mumbai when it reached Jalgaon's Pachora Station at 4:42 PM. Suddenly, chaos ensued due to the spreading fire rumor. After this catastrophe on the tracks, witnesses and the families of victims have shared detailed accounts of the event.
Source: aajtak
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'Mother's Body on the Track...'
Radha Bhandari, the daughter-in-law of the late Kamla Bhandari, recounted, "Mother told me to sleep... then suddenly shouted fire... I scrambled down with the crowd... But there was no fire, no smoke. I looked at the adjacent track and saw mother's body."
In the chaos, Radha was pushed out from one door while her mother fell from another, adjacent to the moving train.
Meanwhile, Radha's brother-in-law, Tapendra, who came from Mumbai to collect the body of Kamla Bhandari, shared how the last phone conversation with their mother included her saying 'Take care of yourselves, we will reach soon.'
