Fatuha train crash
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The Fatuha train crash was a rail transport accident that occurred on April 4, 1998, in India. Removal of fishplates led to the packed Howrah-Danapur Express jumping tracks, killing 12 passengers and injuring more than 50 others near Fatuha station on the Eastern Railway's Danapur division. In all, nine bogies derailed disrupting traffic.[citation needed]
Local citizens assisted the injured at the scene until authorities arrived. The injured were rushed to the PMC hospital, Nalanda Medical College hospital and a hospital in Patna, about 20 km from the accident site. The remaining passengers were taken to Patna by a special train. While 11 passengers died at the scene, one succumbed to injuries in Patna Medical College hospital.[citation needed]
"Prima facie, the cause of the accident is removal of fish plates on the right side of the tracks," railway officials said.[citation needed]
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