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In a second train mishap within a week, 74 injured in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow/New Delhi: Ten coaches of Delhi bound Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday when it hit a dumper.

At least 74 persons have been injured in the mishap in which four are said to be critical.

The incident took place after the train bound for New Delhi from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh hit a dumper, which had overturned on the railway tracks between Achalda and Pata stations around 2.40 a.m, a railway official said.

This is the second such incident in Uttar Pradesh within a week after 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday, leaving 22 dead and over 150 injured.

According to the police, the four persons with serious head injuries were rushed to Etawah district hospital. Two others have been shifted to Saifai medical college, he said.

Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said the rescue work concluded around 7 a.m.

The dumper carried sand for the railway work of dedicated freight corridor running parallel to the track, Inspector General of Police (Kanpur Zone) Alok Singh told IANS.

However, railway officials in Delhi said the dumper did not belong to the corridor project.

Official said work was underway to repair the tracks and clear the important Delhi-Howrah route from which hundreds of trains pass every day. At least seven trains were cancelled and 40 diverted due to the incident.

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