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Bagaha : Thirteen Schoolchildren were killed and around a dozen others injured in a head on collision between a passenger train and school van at an unmanned rail level crossing  near Dudahi railway station on Siwan-Kaptanganj rail section under North Eastern railway, Gorakhapur, on Bihar-Uttar pradesh border, around 9 am on April 26,2018. The injured were admitted to Kushinagar district hospital, UP.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath reached the hospital soon after getting information about the incident and took stock of the situation. He condoled the death of the kids and announced immediate compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the parants of each deceased.
Sources said that four of the 3 deceased belonged the family of one Jamaluddin Ansari,  a Bihar hindi daily  reporter of Bhitaha police station in West champaran. The kids were going to their school by the van of Divine Public School Dudahi.
The passenger train rammed the school van when it was crossing an unmanned rail level. crossing.  The Van driver could not hear the train whistle because he  was hearing a song on smartphone, sources said. Divine Public School Manager and principal are allegedly absconding.
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