Rail safety committee to probe flyover collapse in Bihar

Patna: The collapse of a portion of a flyover on a goods train in Muzaffarpur town would be inquired into by the Railways on Friday.[caption id=“attachment_1255911” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] An overbridge falls on a goods train in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday. PTI [/caption] The inquiry into Wednesday’s collapse of the flyover by Rail Safety Commissioner South-East zone Kolkata S Nayak will be held on Friday and on 30 November, Chief Public Relation Officer, East Central Railway Amitabh Prabhakar said in a release in Patna. The middle portion of the about 100 metre 40-year-old Baripur rail bridge had caved in and fallen on a goods train on Wednesday afternoon damaging two wagons and injuring 10 people. PTI