RAIPUR: Three passengers, including a child, were injured when a trackside pole collapsed and struck the 18030 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak Express near Raipur on Sunday morning.
The accident was caused by "unauthorized" drilling by Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) near the railway line, said officials.
CSEB denied that the work was unauthorized.
The train was passing through Urkura station, around 10km from Raipur, when the pole fell on the train, smashing a window of an AC coach and injuring three passengers, one of them identified as Soumya Mondal.
Railway officials sent an ambulance with doctors to the accident site within five minutes, said officials.
"First-aid was given to the passengers and they were taken to a private hospital in Raipur. All of them are out of danger," said an official.
According to sources, a contractor of CSEB told labourers to drill underneath the railway line .
As a result of the accident, Shalimar Express was held up at Raipur for about an hour.
RK Shukla, managing director of CSEB, said the work was being carried out by a CSEB contractor, and a "collaborative survey" was carried out before it started.
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