BHUBANESWAR: Stalin Das, a 40-year-old from Bhadrak district who works at a thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh, was lucky – he cancelled his ticket on the Howrah-Mumbai Mail (train no. 12810) that collided with a goods train, killing two passengers near Rajkharsawan railway station in Jharkhand early on Tuesday.
Das and his two office colleagues, Yogesh Tiwari and Giriraj Chandra, had booked tickets in B-3 coach from Tatanagar to Champa.However, he dropped his travel plans and cancelled his ticket following requests by friends at Tatanagar. While Das stayed back, his colleagues boarded the train at Tatanagar on Monday.
“After seeing my colleagues off, I stayed at a friend’s house in Jamshedpur,” Das told TOI. He woke up to the tragic news early morning and tried to contact his colleagues, but they did not answer their phones.
A few hours later Das was relieved when his colleagues called him and informed him that they were safe. Their bogey was among the derailed coaches and they had sustained minor injuries after falling off their berths during the collision. “It is not a miraculous escape for my friends alone, but for me too,” Das said.
Das and his two office colleagues, Yogesh Tiwari and Giriraj Chandra, had booked tickets in B-3 coach from Tatanagar to Champa.However, he dropped his travel plans and cancelled his ticket following requests by friends at Tatanagar. While Das stayed back, his colleagues boarded the train at Tatanagar on Monday.
“After seeing my colleagues off, I stayed at a friend’s house in Jamshedpur,” Das told TOI. He woke up to the tragic news early morning and tried to contact his colleagues, but they did not answer their phones.
A few hours later Das was relieved when his colleagues called him and informed him that they were safe. Their bogey was among the derailed coaches and they had sustained minor injuries after falling off their berths during the collision. “It is not a miraculous escape for my friends alone, but for me too,” Das said.
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