Shahdol: The engines of two goods trains caught fire after colliding near Singhpur railway station on Wednesday. According to reports, one of the loco pilots passed away while the other is seriously injured. Two railway workers are also feared trapped.

'The goods trains derailed in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district due to signal overshoot,' disrupting traffic on Bilaspur-Katni rail route, an official from Bilaspur railway division said.

The incident occurred near Singhpur station at around 6.50 am.

The derailment took place because of signal overshoot, the official said without giving more details.

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This disrupted traffic on the Bilaspur-Katni railway route, he said.

Efforts were on to restore the rail traffic and relief operation was underway, according to sources.

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(With PTI inputs.)

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