Metro train derails near Yamuna bridge; none injured
In second such incident in a month, a Delhi Metro train with 13 people on board derailed early this morning near the Yamuna Bridge in east Delhi but no one was injured.Two wheels of the trains front coach jumped tracks at 6:04 am, seconds after it started from the Yamuna Bank station, a DMRC spokesperson said, adding that none of the 13 passengers on board were injured.
"Since it was the first train starting from Yamuna Bank station there were only 13 passengers. The accident took place as the train approached towards the Yamuna Bridge, just half-a kilometre from Yamuna Bank station," the spokesperson said.Services on the Yamuna Bank-Indraprastha sector have been affected due to the incident, but metro trains were plying normally from Indraprastha-Dwarka Sector 9.
The DMRC spokesman said recovery operations were on at the accident site and senior DMRC officials have arrived to oversee the operations.The accident comes exactly a month after a metro train derailed at the Dwarka station causing anxious moments to 34 passnegers on board.A few days ago, a 108-metre signalling cable was stolen from between Yamuna Banks and Indraprastha stations leading to disruption of services on the line.
This is the third major accident involving Delhi Metro in two months. On July 12,six persons were killed when an under-construction bridge on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line collapsed near Zamrudpur in south Delhi.
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