📺 Runaway Indian Train Speeds Backwards for Seven Miles After Carriages Detach From Engine
Up to 1,000 helpless Indian travelers were taken on a perilous journey as 22 train carriages detached from their engine and rolled backwards out of control, somehow avoiding a catastrophic accident.
Passengers sped backwards for seven miles in the eastern state of Odisha before being brought to a stop by railway staff who wedged rocks on the tracks as the runaway carriages approached, the Guardian reported. MORE…
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