Date:08/07/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/08/stories/2006070822710300.htm

New Delhi

Train passengers injured

ACCIDENT SITE: Policemen guarding the MCD jeep which was burnt by angry commuters of a local train in East Delhi on Friday. — PHOTO: PTI

NEW DELHI: Nine passengers standing on the footboard of Shamli-Delhi passenger train sustained injuries after they were hit by a Municipal Corporation of Delhi jeep parked close to the railway tracks near the Shahdara railway station in North-East Delhi on Friday. One of the injured is stated to be serious.

The accident took place around 9-15 a.m. The injured were admitted to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, from where two were later discharged. The rest have been kept under observation.

An inquiry into the incident has been initiated.