13 Dead After People Flee from Train, Get Hit By Another One When Rumor Spreads About Possible Fire

Mar. 15, 2025

“Some passengers jumped out of the moving train to save themselves from the fire,” Pawar said. “But the train was moving at a good speed so one of the people pulled the [emergency] chain, and the train stopped.”

Seven people who died from the crash were from Nepal, and four others were from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Pawar said.

Passengers seen waiting for Pushpak Express on April 9, 2019 in Lucknow, India.Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty

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Another 10 people, eight men and two women, were injured in the collision, according toThe Economic Times. They are being treated at the Civil Hospital in Jalgaon.

Two of the passengers who were injured were the two people who authorities believe started the rumor about the fire, Pawar said.

“We have instructed the administration to provide treatment to all the injured at government cost,” the inspector explained. “Our ministers and Collectors are looking into the incident.”

source: people.com