Close shave for passengers as train hits car

Tamluk: A down Panskura local hit a private Wagon R at Pratapkhal near Tamluk rail station when it got stuck on the railway tracks at an unauthorised level crossing in East Midnapore on Sunday morning. The driver and other passengers, sensing trouble, jumped out of the car minutes before the collision.
The train driver saw the static car on the tracks, but failed to stop the passenger-loaded train instantly.The impact of the crash pushed the car forward around 100m along the tracks.
Police said there was no casualty, but locals blocked traffic for more than an hour. Tamluk Trinamool Congress president Chanchal Khanra said that for a long time locals had been demanding a level crossing there.