Bandra Amritsar train rams into parked lorry near Kandivli station

There were no casualties or injuries to anyone in the said incident

In a freak mishap on the Western Railway corridor today, the Bandra Amritsar special train rammed into a contractor's lorry parked too close to the railway tracks near Kandivli. This is the second incident in the past two days. A similar incident involving another lorry and a local train happened on Saturday.

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Confirming the incident to mid-day, Western Railway spokesperson said it happened at around 12:30 pm and the train was detained till 1:28 pm. There were no casualties or injuries, but WR said they will conduct an inquiry into the matter.

A similar incident took place on Saturday when a lorry came too close to a local train at Jogeshwari

"As a potential major accident was averted, the truck driver was apprehended and the vehicle seized," WR chief spokesperson Sumit Thakur said.

Later, the locomotive was changed at Borivli and the train - part of the ongoing special services to different parts of India - departed for its onward journey to Amritsar after a delay of around two hours.

On Saturday, a lorry belonging to another contractor had come too close to a suburban train near Jogeshwari and the alert motorman had stopped the train in time.

With inputs from IANS

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