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Passenger train derails in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: A coach of a MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) train bound for Puducherry derailed near Villupuram on Tuesday

No one was injured and the traffic was restored in about 3 hours, the official said adding the cause of derailment would be known only following completion of an inquiry, which has been ordered.

When the Villupuram-Puducherry train with approximately 500 passengers, soon after its departure from Villupuram at 5. 25 am, was crossing a curve, a coach derailed and the loco pilot swiftly stopped the train.

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