BHUBANESWAR: Stalin Das, a 40-year-old from Bhadrak district who works at a thermal energy plant in Chhattisgarh, was fortunate – he cancelled his ticket on the Howrah-Mumbai Mail (prepare no. 12810) that collided with a items prepare, killing two passengers close to Rajkharsawan railway station in Jharkhand early on Tuesday.
Das and his two workplace colleagues, Yogesh Tiwari and Giriraj Chandra, had booked tickets in B-3 coach from Tatanagar to Champa.Nonetheless, he dropped his journey plans and cancelled his ticket following requests by associates at Tatanagar. Whereas Das stayed again, his colleagues boarded the prepare at Tatanagar on Monday.
“After seeing my colleagues off, I stayed at a good friend’s home in Jamshedpur,” Das informed TOI. He woke as much as the tragic information early morning and tried to contact his colleagues, however they didn’t reply their telephones.
Just a few hours later Das was relieved when his colleagues referred to as him and knowledgeable him that they had been protected. Their bogey was among the many derailed coaches they usually had sustained minor accidents after falling off their berths through the collision. “It’s not a miraculous escape for my associates alone, however for me too,” Das stated.
