At least 12 passengers died on Wednesday evening in North Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district when they tried to jump down from the Pushpak Express. The people on board panicked due to a rumour about a fire in the train and jumped down,

On January 22, the Pushpak Express, which was travelling from Lucknow to Mumbai, experienced a sudden emergency situation, causing passengers to panic and jump onto the tracks.

The death toll in the Jalgaon train accident has risen to 13, said the District Magistrate of Jalgaon, Ayush Prasad on Thursday morning. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening when passengers of the Pushpak Express stepped outside their coaches due to a suspected fire on the train while the Karnataka Express was passing through the adjacent track,