A potentially catastrop🌠hic accident was narrowly averted in Bilaspur District as a passenger train and a goods train fouওnd themselves on a collision course on the same track, according to media reports.
The quick thinking and swift actions of the train drivers prevented a major disaster, sparing the lives of many and averting further tragedy just days after a devastating tꦕrain accident in Balasore, Odisha.
The incident unfolded between Jairamnagar and Kotmisonar, when a Memu local train en route to Korba unexpectedly encounter🧸ed a goods train on the s♒ame track.
The gravity of the situation was immediatelﷺy apparent, but the vigilant train drivers skillfully applied the brakes, bringing their respective trains to a halt just a few feet away from each other.