A major accident was averted after a goods train ran on the tracks driverless for about 70 kilometres in Punjab today, triggering a scare.
Officials said the driver forgot to pull the hand break before getting off the train – that was on a halt at the Pathankot station – because of which it started moving on a sloppy track.
The goods train – carrying stones – crossed about five stations at a speed of 100 km per hour before it was stopped in Uchi Bassi. “The train was stopped after a Railway official placed wood blocks on the tracks to stop the train,” officials said.
